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stirps (collat. form of the nom. stir-pes or stirpis , in the best MSS., Liv. 1, 1 fin.; 41, 8, 10; 26, 13, 16; v. Drak. ad locc.), pis, f. (poet. and post-Aug.; also m., Enn. ap. Fest. p. 313 Müll., and ap. Non. 226, 32 (Ann. 184); Pac. ap. Non. 227, 2 (Trag. Fragm. 421), and ap. Charis. p. 85 P.; Cato, R. R. 40, 2; Verg. G. 2, 379; id. A. 12, 208; 12, 770; 12, 781; Col. 5, 9, 13; Plin. 8, 26, 40, § 96; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 2) [root star-; cf. sternere; Gr. στορέννυμι; prop. that which extends or spreads].
I. Lit., the lower part of the trunk of plants, including the roots; a stock, stem, stalk; a root (class. and very freq.; cf. “radix): arborum altitudo nos delectat. radices stirpesque non item,Cic. Or. 43, 147: “terra stirpes amplexa alat,id. N. D. 2, 33, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 10, 26; 2, 47, 120; “2, 51, 127: ut tantum modo per stirpis alantur suas,id. ib. 2, 32, 81: “sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum,Verg. A. 12, 208: harundo omnis ex unā stirpe numerosa, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § “163: palmarum stirpibus ali,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 99; so, “palmarum,id. ib. 2, 5, 50, § “131 (for which: radices palmarum,id. ib. 2, 5, 33, § 87); cf.: “lento in stirpe moratus,Verg. A. 12, 781 (for which, just before: “lentā in radice): stirpes raptas volvere,Hor. C. 3, 29, 37: “validis amplexae stirpibus ulmos,Verg. G. 2, 367: “hic stirpes obruit arvo,id. ib. 2, 24: “domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit,id. ib. 2, 209; cf. “of hair: vellere albos ab stirpe capillos,Prop. 3 (4), 25, 13. Tib. 1, 8, 45: “ex hac nimiā licentiā, ut ex stirpe quādam, exsistere, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—
B. Transf.
1. Of vegetables.
a. A plant, shrub (esp. freq. in plur.): “stirpium naturae,Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 10; cf.: “cum arborum et stirpium eadem paene natura sit,id. ib. 5, 11, 33; so (with arbores) id. Phil. 2, 22, 55; (with herbae) id. N. D. 2, 64, 161: “pati (terram) stirpium asperitate vastari,id. ib. 2, 39, 99: “stirpes tenent,Luc. 4, 42: “internatas saxis stirpes et herbas vellentes,Tac. H. 4, 60.—
2. Of persons.
b. Like Engl. scion, = offspring, descendant, progeny (mostly poet.; not in Cic.): stirps liberum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 16 Müll. (Trag. v. 317 Vahl.); so, “liberum,Liv. 45, 11; cf.: “aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum,Verg. A. 6, 864: “stirps et genus omne futurum,id. ib. 4, 622; cf.: “en stirps et progenies tot consulum, tot dictatorum,Tac. A. 2, 37 fin.: “stirpis virilis,Liv. 1, 1, 11; cf.: “qui stirpem ex sese domi relinquerent,id. 41, 8, 9.—
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