stipes.
post, stake;
Meaning & usage
post, tree trunk
log
stake
blockhead, lunkhead, idiot, fool
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *steypos. Cognates include Lithuanian sti̇̀pti (“to stiffen, grow rigid”), Latvian stiept (“to stretch”), English stiff, Icelandic stífla (“to dam”). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal derivative of stīpō (“to compress, surround”).
nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stips
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