alms Copy link Outline 1. stips, ĭpis, f. (the nom. does not occur)2. elĕēmŏsy̆na (Christian word) • alms: 1. stips, ĭpis, f. (the nom. does not occur): to collect a. (for religious purposes), stipem cogere, vet. leg. ap. Cic.: who calls the a. of a thrown copper a benefit? quis beneficium dixi s. aeris abjecti? Sen.: the needy stretch forth their hands for a., egentes manum ad s. porrigunt, Sen. Vit. B. 25: to ask (or beg for) alms, s. emendicare, Suet.: to beg a. from door to door, s. ostiatim mendicare, Hier.: to live upon a., collaticia stipe vivere, Apul. 2. elĕēmŏsy̆na (Christian word): to give a., eleemosynas facere, August.