log Copy link Outline 1. tignum (a beam or balk of wood)2. stīpes, ĭtis, m. (trunk) • log: 1. tignum (a beam or balk of wood): Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73: Caes.: v. beam. Dimin. tĭgillum, Phaedr. 1, 2, 14 ("King log"). 2. stīpes, ĭtis, m. (trunk): Caes. B. G. 7, 73: as term of reproach, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4: v. trunk.