noun · femininefirst declension
stīva
stīva f (genitive stīvae)
Meaning
- handle of the plough
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pars arātrī quam manus tenetstīva -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 15
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stīva | stīvae |
| genitive | stīvae | stīvārum |
| dative | stīvae | stīvīs |
| accusative | stīvam | stīvās |
| ablative | stīvā | stīvīs |
| vocative | stīva | stīvae |
stīva, ae, f.,
I. a plough-handle, Varr. L. L. 5, § 135 Müll.; Verg. G. 1, 174; Ov. M. 8, 218; id. F. 4, 825; Col. 1, 9, 3; Amm. 15, 4, 3.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
stīva ae, f
STA-, a plough-handle : a stivā ipsā mecum conloqui.
Origins
Uncertain; perhaps connected with Latin stilus (“a pointed instrument”) and containing the root *stey- (“sharp object”) also contained in Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to sting”), whence Latin stinguō, Hittite [script needed] (tekan, “hoe”), English stick. Another possible connection is Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 (staēra), 𐬙𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬀 m (taēra, “mountaintop”).
Descendants
- Italianstiva
- Portugueseesteva
- Spanishesteva