stirpes

English

Etymology

From Latin stirpēs, a plural and a collateral form of stirps (“rootstock”).

Noun

stirpes

1. plural of stirps
2. plural of stirp

Noun

stirpes pl (plural only)

1. (law) branches, lines of descent, used in the legal expression per stirpes.

Anagrams

• Prestis, Sprites, persist, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stripes

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstir.peːs/, [ˈs̠t̪ɪrpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstir.pes/, [ˈst̪irpes]

Noun

stirpēs f (genitive stirpis); third declension

1. Alternative form of stirps

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	stirpēs	stirpēs
Genitive	stirpis	stirpium
Dative	stirpī	stirpibus
Accusative	stirpem	stirpēs stirpīs
Ablative	stirpe	stirpibus
Vocative	stirpēs	stirpēs

References

• “stirpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “stirpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stirpes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• stirpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea, quae a terra stirpibus continentur
    
  • the vegetable kingdom: ea quorum stirpes terra continentur (N. D. 2. 10. 26)