stirps

English

Etymology

From Latin stirps (“rootstock, stem”).

Noun

stirps (plural stirpes)

1. A branch of a family.
2. A progenitor of a branch of a family.
3. (zoology, botany) A superfamily of animals or plants.
4. Plural form of stirp

Related terms

• stirp
• stirpes

Anagrams

• spirts, sprits, strips

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Latin

Alternative forms

• stirpēs
• stirpis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /stirps/

Noun

stirps (genitive stirpis); f, third declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	stirps	stirpēs
genitive	stirpis	stirpium
dative	stirpī	stirpibus
accusative	stirpem	stirpēs 1
ablative	stirpe	stirpibus
vocative	stirps	stirpēs

¹May also be stirpīs.

Derived terms

• stirpitus

Descendants

• English: stirpes, stirps
• Italian: sterpo
• Romanian: stirpe, stâlpare

References

• stirps in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879