stipo Latin · revision 6016

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *steyp-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈstiː.poː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstiː.po]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stīpō''' (present infinitive stīpāre, perfect active stīpāvī, supine stīpātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a verb from an adjective [[itc-pro|*stīpo-|t=erect, rigid]], [[ine-pro|*stéip-o-]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[ang|stīf|t=stiff]], [[lt|stìpti|t=to stiffen]] and [[lt|stiprùs|t=strong]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) [[stīpes]] “stake, trunk” is a noun from the same adjective.^(de Vaan 2008) Lewis and Short compared [[grc|στέφω|tr=stéphō|t=to surround]], and Gaffiot [[grc|στείβω|tr=steíbō|t=to tread]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro, who speaks of coins packed into a storeroom.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to pack tightly, compress, and to surround with a dense mass, as a monument enclosed with stone and marble, and to fill or cram with something, as Manilius' sky studded with stars.^(OLD 2012) Of people it meant to crowd round, press together, mostly in the participle ''stīpātus'' “surrounded, thronged”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Through Spanish ''estibar'' “to pack cargo” it is the source of [[en|stevedore]], recorded in 1828.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro speaks of packing coins.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1828 – English ''stevedore'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pack tight, [[m|en|compress]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To surround densely, (of people) to crowd round, attend.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To fill, [[m|en|cram]], stuff.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumstīpō]]

+ * [[cōnstīpō]]

+ * [[instīpō]]

+ * [[obstīpus]]

+ * [[perstipo]]

+ * [[stīpātiō]]

+ * [[stīpātor]]

+ * [[stipatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stīpes]]

+ * [[stips]]

+ * [[stipulor]]

+ * [[en|stevedore]]

+ * [[en|constipate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}