stipes

Meaning

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

post

tree stump

αναστατώνομαι

μπαούλο

κορμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈstiː.pɛs]

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”).