Stipula, stípulæ, f. g. pen. cor. Plin. Sttaw to thatche: holme: the huske that closeth in the straw.Crepitans stipula.Ouid.Rustling straw.Fabalis.Ouid.Beane straw.Gracilis stipula. Plin. Leuis. Virg.Viridis.Virg. Volantes stipulæ. Vir. Stipula.Terent.Stubble, or straw left in the flelne, after corne is reayed.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
stĭpŭla, ae, f.dim. [stipes], a stalk, stem, blade, halm; of grain (syn. culmus): frumenta in viridi stipulā lactentia turgent, Verg. G. 1, 315; Plin. 14, 16, 19, 101; 17, 27, 47, 260; 18, 18, 47, 169: e segete ad spicilegium stipulam relinquere, Varr. L. L. 7, 109 Müll.—Of the stalks of grain left behind in reaping, straw, stubble, Varr. R. R. 1, 53; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 62; Verg. G. 1, 321; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 90; id. F. 4, 781: in stipulā placidi carpebat munera somni, id. ib. 3, 185; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30.—Of hay, Varr. R. R. 1, 49, 1.—Of a reed, Verg. E. 3, 27; Plin. 37, 10, 67, 182.—Of bean-stalks, Ov. F. 4, 725. —Prov.: flammaque de stipulā nostra brevisque fuit,
of a quickly extinguished fire
, Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 20: postmodo de stipulā magnus acervus erit, id. Am. 1, 8, 90.
stĭpŭlo, āre, 1, v. a. (collat. form of stipulor), to exact, bargain for, stipulate, Symm. Ep. 1, 11: e)perwtw=, stipulo, Gloss.; mostly pass.: Suetonius autem passivo protulit in IIII. Pratorum, Laetoria, quae vetat minorem annis viginti quinque stipulari (e)perwta=sqai), Prisc. 8, 4, 21, p. 794 P.; cf. id. 18, 19, 149, p. 1164 ib.—Part. pass.: pecunia stipulata (for promissa), Cic. Rosc. Com. 5, 14.