noun · femininethird declension
stips
stips f (genitive stipis)
Classical[ˈstɪps]Ecclesiastical[ˈstips]
Meaning
- femininea gift, donation, contribution
- femininealms, dole, charity
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nummus sacer in aquam iactusstips stipis (f) — in Epistulae, ch. 7
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stips | stipēs |
| genitive | stipis | stipum |
| dative | stipī | stipibus |
| accusative | stipem | stipēs |
| ablative | stipe | stipibus |
| vocative | stips | stipēs |
stips, stĭpis (nom. does not occur, although stips is assumed by Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.; Charis. 85 P.; cf. Gloss. stips, ἔρανος), f. kindr. with stipo, and therefore, orig., small coin in heaps; hence, in partic.,
I. a gift, donation, alms, contribution, given in small coin:
etiam nunc dis cum thesauris asses dant, stipem dicunt, Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.: stipem esse nummum signatum testimonio est, quod datur in stipendium militi et cum spondetur pecunia, quod stipulari dicitur, Fest. pp. 296 and 297 Müll.; cf.: stipendium a stipe appellatum est, quod per stipes, id est modica aera colligatur, Dig. 50, 16, 27: stipem Apollini conferre, Liv. 25, 12; so of religious donations, id. 27, 37; 5, 25; Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; 2, 16, 40; Suet. Aug. 57: quis beneficium dicat quadram panis aut stipem aeris abjecti, Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2; so of alms, id. Vit. Beat. 25; Dig. 47, 22, 1; cf. Liv. 38, 45; Suet. Aug. 91 fin.: ad captandas stipes, id. Calig. 42; Ov. F. 1, 189: pastiones non minimam colono stipem conferunt, bring in no small profit, Col. 8, 1, 2: suburbanum hortum exiguā colere stipe, Curt. 4, 1, 19: parvā cur stipe quaerat opes, Ov. F. 4, 350; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 18: e prostitutis ancilla mercenariae stipis, living by the wages of prostitution, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 172: nodosam exsolvite stipem, penalty, Val. Max. 2, 9, 1.stips, īpis, v. stipes
I. init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(stips) stipis, f
STIP-, a contribution in money, gift, donation, alms, contribution, dole : ne quis stipem cogito, lex ap. C.: stipem sustulimus, i. e. begging : stipem Apollini conferre, L.: stipis adice causam, O.: suburbanum hortum exiguā colere stipe, Cu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *steyp-der. Proto-Italic *stips Latin stips Inherited from Proto-Italic *stips (“stalk”). See Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor and English stiff.