stipes

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3) post, tree trunk
2. (declension-3) log
3. (declension-3) stake
4. (declension-3, derogatory, figuratively) blockhead, lunkhead, idiot, fool

Sinonieme

truncus

caudex

Vertalings

post

Posten

posta

club

tree trunk

boomstam

club

tronc

log

stump

Schläger

branch

αναστατώνομαι

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈstiː.pɛs]

Etimologie (Engels)

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”).