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English
Noun
stips
- plural of stip
Verb
stips
- third-person singular simple present indicative of stip
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *stips (“stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“stiff, erect”).[1] See Latin stīpō, Latin stipulor and English stiff.
Pronunciation
Noun
stips f (genitive stipis); third declension
- a gift, donation, contribution
- alms, dole, charity
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stips”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 588-589
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