stipulor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably derived from stipula (“blade or wisp of straw”), that played a symbolic role when the partners formally confirmed the agreement.[1] Given that this word also has a cognate in Umbrian stiplo, Proto-Italic *stipelāō can be reconstructed.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

stipulor (present infinitive stipulārī or stipulārier, perfect active stipulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to demand a formal promise, to bargain, to covenant, to stipulate
  2. (nonstandard) to promise, to engage, to pledge oneself
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, voveō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, polliceor, prōmittō, pangō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of stipulor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stipulor stipulāris,
stipulāre 		stipulātur stipulāmur stipulāminī stipulantur
imperfect stipulābar stipulābāris,
stipulābāre 		stipulābātur stipulābāmur stipulābāminī stipulābantur
future stipulābor stipulāberis,
stipulābere 		stipulābitur stipulābimur stipulābiminī stipulābuntur
perfect stipulātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect stipulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect stipulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stipuler stipulēris,
stipulēre 		stipulētur stipulēmur stipulēminī stipulentur
imperfect stipulārer stipulārēris,
stipulārēre 		stipulārētur stipulārēmur stipulārēminī stipulārentur
perfect stipulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect stipulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — stipulāre — — stipulāminī —
future — stipulātor stipulātor — — stipulantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present stipulārī,
stipulārier1 		— stipulāns —
future stipulātūrum esse — stipulātūrus stipulandus
perfect stipulātum esse — stipulātus —
future perfect stipulātum fore — — —
perfect potential stipulātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
stipulandī stipulandō stipulandum stipulandō stipulātum stipulātū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: estipular
  • → English: stipulate
  • → French: stipuler
  • → Friulian: stipulâ
  • → Galician: estipular
  • → German: stipulieren
  • → Italian: stipulare
  • → Lombard: stipulà
  • → Portuguese: estipular
  • → Spanish: estipular

References

  1. ^ “stipulare” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
  2. ^ Fortson IV, Benjamin W. (2017–2018) “Chapter VIII: Italic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The dialectology of Italic, page 844

Further reading

  • “stipulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “stipulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • stipulor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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