stirps
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin stirps (“rootstock, stem”).
[edit] 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.
[edit] Etymology 2
See stirp
[edit] Noun
stirps
- Plural form of stirp.
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
stirps (genitive stirpis); f, 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
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stirps | stirpēs |
| genitive | stirpis | stirpium |
| dative | stirpī | stirpibus |
| accusative | stirpem | stirpēs 1 |
| ablative | stirpe | stirpibus |
| vocative | stirps | stirpēs |
1 May also be stirpīs.
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[edit] References
- stirps in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
