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Latin
Etymology
Probably derived from stipula (“blade or wisp of straw”), that played a symbolic role when the partners formally confirmed the agreement.[1] Given that this word also has a cognate in Umbrian stiplatu, Proto-Italic *stipelāō can be reconstructed.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
stipulor (present infinitive stipulārī or stipulārier, perfect active stipulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to demand a formal promise, to bargain, to covenant, to stipulate
- (nonstandard) to promise, to engage, to pledge oneself
- Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, polliceor, prōmittō, pangō
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ “stipulare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
- ^ Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2017–2018) “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Italic, page 844
Further reading
- “stipulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “stipulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- stipulor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.