English

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.

Related terms

• stirp
• stirpes

Etymology 2

Noun

stirps

1. plural of stirp

Anagrams

• spirts, sprits, strips

Latin

Alternative forms

• stirpēs
• stirpis

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /stirps/

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sterg- ‎(“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Old English stearc (English stark) and Ancient Greek στερεός ‎(stereós, “solid”).

Noun

stirps f ‎(genitive stirpis); 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

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

• exstirpō
• stirpitus

Descendants

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

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stirps”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.