stips

1.

stips, stĭpis (nom. does not occur, although stips is assumed by Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.; Charis. 85 P.; cf. Gloss. stips, eranos), f. [kindr. with stipo, and therefore, orig., small coin in heaps; hence, in partic.], a gift, donation, alms, contribution, given in small coin:

etiam nunc dis cum thesauris asses dant, stipem dicunt,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.: stipem esse nummum signatum testimonio est, quod datur in stipendium militi et cum spondetur pecunia, quod stipulari dicitur, Fest. pp. 296 and 297 Müll.; cf.:

stipendium a stipe appellatum est, quod per stipes, id est modica aera colligatur,

Dig. 50, 16, 27:

stipem Apollini conferre,

Liv. 25, 12; so of religious donations, id. 27, 37; 5, 25; Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; 2, 16, 40; Suet. Aug. 57:

quis beneficium dicat quadram panis aut stipem aeris abjecti,

Sen. Ben. 4, 29, 2; so of alms, id. Vit. Beat. 25; Dig. 47, 22, 1; cf. Liv. 38, 45; Suet. Aug. 91 fin.:

ad captandas stipes,

id. Calig. 42; Ov. F. 1, 189:

pastiones non minimam colono stipem conferunt,

bring in no small profit, Col. 8, 1, 2:

suburbanum hortum exiguā colere stipe,

Curt. 4, 1, 19:

parvā cur stipe quaerat opes,

Ov. F. 4, 350; cf. Quint. 1, 12, 18:

e prostitutis ancilla mercenariae stipis,

living by the wages of prostitution, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 172:

nodosam exsolvite stipem,

penalty, Val. Max. 2, 9, 1.

2.

stips, īpis, v. stipes init.