stipulus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“stiff, erect”). See Latin stips, Latin stipō and English stiff.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.pu.lus/, [ˈs̠t̪ɪpʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsti.pu.lus/, [ˈst̪iːpulus]

Adjective

stipulus (feminine stipula, neuter stipulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Old Latin) stable, firm

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	stipulus	stipula	stipulum		stipulī	stipulae	stipula
Genitive	stipulī	stipulae	stipulī		stipulōrum	stipulārum	stipulōrum
Dative	stipulō		stipulō		stipulīs
Accusative	stipulum	stipulam	stipulum		stipulōs	stipulās	stipula
Ablative	stipulō	stipulā	stipulō		stipulīs
Vocative	stipule	stipula	stipulum		stipulī	stipulae	stipula

Derived terms

• stipulor

References

• stipulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “stipulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stipulus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung