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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈstɪ.pʊ.ɫɔr]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstiː.pu.lor]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''stipulor''' (present infinitive stipulārī or stipulārier, perfect active stipulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)
+ Plautus has the infinitive ''stipulārier''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is apparently from [[stipula]] “straw” with [[m|la|-or]], perhaps from a symbolic breaking of straws when an agreement was made, and the OLD compares Isidore of Seville.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Varro connected it with [[stips]] “coin”, and Lewis & Short preferred an unattested adjective ⟨*stipulus⟩ “firm”, from the root of [[stīpō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, of exacting a promise.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In law it meant to exact a solemn promise or guarantee from someone in an oral contract by a set form of question, as in Plautus and Cicero, and apparently, in Ulpian, to promise in such a contract.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ English ''stipulate'' (1620s) is from its participle ''stipulātus''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1620s – English ''stipulate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(law)'' To exact a formal promise, [[m|en|stipulate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(law)'' To promise formally.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[astipulor]]
+ * [[instipulor]]
+ * [[rēstipulor]]
+ * [[stipulātiō]]
+ * [[stipulātor]]
+ * [[stipulātus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[astipulātiō]]
+ * [[astipulātor]]
+ * [[astipulātus]]
+ * [[stipulātiuncula]]
+ * [[stipula]]
+ * [[en|stipulate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}