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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.
stĭpŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [stipulor], jurid. t. t., a promise given on demand; an engagement, agreement, bargain, covenant, stipulation, obligation (syn. pactum), Gai. Inst. 2, 31: stipulatio est verborum conceptio, quibus is qui interrogatur, daturum facturumve se, quod interrogatus est, respondet, Dig. 45, 1, 5: stipulatio non potest confici, nisi utroque loquente, etc., ib. 45, 1, 1 sq.: pacta, conventa, stipulationes, Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 100: ut ea pecunia ex stipulatione debeatur, id. Leg. 2, 21, 53: aliquem stipulatione alligare, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 36: nondum stipulationes legeram, id. Att. 16, 11, 7: stipulationum et judiciorum formulas conponere, id. Leg. 1, 4, 14; Nep. Att. 9, 5; Just. Inst. 3, 19 pr.; Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 1: is contractus stipulationum sponsionum sponsalia, Serv. Suip. ap. Gell. 4, 4, 2; Vulg. Jer. 32, 11.
* stĭpŭlātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [stipulatio], a little, insignificant promise or stipulation, Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 174.
stĭpŭlātor, ōris, m. [stipulor], jurid. t. t., one who demands a formal promise or covenant (opp. promissor, the one who gives the promise); a bargainer, stipulator, Dig. 2, 10, 3; 45, 1, 41 sq.; 45, 38, 5; Suet. Vit. 14; Isid. Orig. 10, 5.
stĭpŭlātus, ūs, m. [stipulor], jurid. t. t., a promise formally demanded; a bargain, stipulation, Quint. Decl. 12, 21: si quid adversus pactionem fiat, non ex stipulatu agitur, etc., Gai. Inst. 3, 94; 4, 116; Dig. 45, 1, 1; 45, 1, 4 sq.; 45, 1, 103 sq.; Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 2 sq. al.