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English
Noun
stipa (plural stipas)
- Any grass of the genus Stipa.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsti.pa/
- Rhymes: -ipa
- Hyphenation: stì‧pa
Etymology 1
Noun
stipa f (plural stipe)
- feathergrass, needlegrass (plant of the genus Stipa)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
stipa
- inflection of stipare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
stīpā
- second-person singular present active imperative of stīpō
References
- “stipa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stipa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- stipa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.