Brevi stirps quoque virilis

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pmda
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Brevi stirps quoque virilis

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In LLPSI Orberg describes Aenaas and Lavinia's first children...

Brevi stirps quoque virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit, cui 'Ascanium' parentes nomen dederunt.

I'm taking it that 'virilis' is a feminine nominative singular adjective to modify the feminine noun 'stirps'.

Do I have that right. : Soon there was issue and of the male (kind)...

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Re: Brevi stirps quoque virilis

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Yes, more or less. stirps quoque virilis fuit -- "Soon there was also male issue from the new marriage"

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Re: Brevi stirps quoque virilis

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Thanks Quimmik.

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Re: Brevi stirps quoque virilis

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or maybe "there was also a virile root from the new marriage".

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