stirps

A syllable in Latin may consist of from one to six letters, as a, ab, ars, Mars, stans, stirps.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Frances Ellen Lord

The idea of a distinct stirps or germ for each great class of animals and plants seems to me to destroy an essential feature of the hypothesis.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

But we have only to suppose a distinct stirps for each of the classes, and that the developments took place along parallel lines, in order to harmonize the facts with the hypothesis.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock

They do not refuse the knowledge of other colonies of other stirps and origins, and they even combine in temporary alliance with them.

From April Hopes by William Dean Howells

These are called “individualizing characteristics,” “notae individuantes,” the familiar scholastic list of them being “forma, figura, locus, tempus, stirps, patria, nomen,” with manifest reference to the individual “man”.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey

Choosing per stirpes can provide a hedge if a child has children before the beneficiary designation is updated, so that a deceased child’s share will pass on to their descendants.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Per stirpes routes a deceased beneficiary’s portion to their children — in other words, your grandchildren.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

But the division per stirpes was not maintained throughout.

From On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay by Hugh E. (Hugh Exton) Seebohm

I can't crowd out others as desirable as he for the sake of carrying all of his stirpes.

From The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss

These became modified into two stirpes: A, that of the worms; and B, that of the sponges.

From Critiques and Addresses by Thomas Henry Huxley