stirpes

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stirpēs, a plural and a collateral form of stirps (“rootstock”).

Noun

stirpes

1. plural of stirps
2. plural of stirp
3. (law) branches, lines of descent, used in the legal expression per stirpes.

Anagrams

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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)