English

Noun

stirpes

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

Anagrams

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstir.peːs/, [ˈstɪr.peːs]

Noun

stirpēs f ‎(genitive stirpis); third declension

1. Alternative form of stirps

Inflection

Third declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stirpes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)