noun · femininethird declension
stīpātiō
stīpātiō f (genitive stīpātiōnis)
Meaning
- crowd, throng
- retinue
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stīpātiō | stīpātiōnēs |
| genitive | stīpātiōnis | stīpātiōnum |
| dative | stīpātiōnī | stīpātiōnibus |
| accusative | stīpātiōnem | stīpātiōnēs |
| ablative | stīpātiōne | stīpātiōnibus |
| vocative | stīpātiō | stīpātiōnēs |
stīpātio, ōnis, f. stipo,
I. a crowd pressing around any one, a suite, retinue, train.
I. Lit.:
latrones dicti ab latere, qui circum latera erant regi, quos postea a stipatione stipatores appellarunt, Varr. L. L. 7, § 52 Müll. fin.: concursatio, stipatio, greges hominum perditorum, * Cic. Sull. 23, 66; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5, 3, 3; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 1; Auct. Pan. ad Maxim. et Const. 8 fin.—Of geese swarming together, Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 53.— * II. Trop., a crowd, throng:
aggressionum et enthymematum stipatio, Quint. 5, 14, 27.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
stīpātiō ōnis, f
stipo, a crowd, throng, retinue : stipatio, greges hominum perditorum.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin stīpātiō From stīpō + -tiō.