stirps

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin stirps (“rootstock, stem”).

Noun

stirps (plural stirpes)

A branch of a family.
A progenitor of a branch of a family.
(zoology, botany) A superfamily of animals or plants.

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

stirps

plural of stirp

Anagrams

spirts, sprits, strips

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /stirps/

Noun

stirps f (genitive stirpis); third declension

rootstock; the lowest part of the trunk of a plant, including the roots.
a plant, shrub, shoot, sprout
(of people) lineage, race, family, stock
scion, offspring, progeny
source, origin, cause

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	stirps	stirpēs
genitive	stirpis	stirpium
dative	stirpī	stirpibus
accusative	stirpem	stirpēs
ablative	stirpe	stirpibus
vocative	stirps	stirpēs

Derived terms

exstirpō
stirpitus

Descendants

English: stirpes, stirps
Galician: esterpa, estripeiro
Italian: sterpo, stirpe
Portuguese: estirpe
Romanian: stirpe, stâlpare
Spanish: estirpe

References

stirps in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
stirps in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
stirps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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