stipula

English

Etymology

Latin stipula (“stalk, stem”). Doublet of stubble.

Noun

stipula (plural stipulas or stipulae or stipulæ)

  1. (botany) A stipule.
  2. (zoology) A newly sprouted feather.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for stipula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Verb

stipula

  1. third-person singular past historic of stipuler

Italian

Verb

stipula

  1. third-person singular present indicative of stipulare
  2. second-person singular imperative of stipulare

Anagrams

Ladin

Verb

stipula

  1. third-person singular present indicative of stipuler
  2. third-person plural present indicative of stipuler
  3. second-person singular imperative of stipuler

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive form of stipes (“stick, trunk”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsti.pu.la/, [ˈstɪ.pʊ.ɫa]

Noun

stipula f (genitive stipulae); first declension

  1. stalk (of plant)
    • Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon 1.311
      frumenta in viridi stipula lactentia turgent
      milky corn is swelling on (its) green stalk
  2. stubble
  3. straw
  4. reed (played as a pipe)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative stipula stipulae
genitive stipulae stipulārum
dative stipulae stipulīs
accusative stipulam stipulās
ablative stipulā stipulīs
vocative stipula stipulae

References

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