Stemma, stémmatis, n g. Firmicus. A garland of flowers. Stemmata.Iuuen.The degrees of kindred. The stocke or bloud of a gentle house.A proauis dimissum stemma.Stat. Stemma. Mart. Prowes: an act worthie fame and praise.Stephanitæ vites. Collumélla. Idest, coronatæ & in gyrum reflexæ. A kind of vines made round like garlands.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
stemma, ătis, n., = ste/mma. I. In gen., a garland, wreath (post-class.), Prud. stef. 10, 908; Firm. Math. 3, 8.—II. In partic., a garland hung upon an ancestral image (post-Aug.), Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, 6.—B.Transf., a pedigree, genealogical table, genealogical tree, Sen. Ep. 44, 1; Suet. Ner. 37; id. Galb. 2; Stat. S. 3, 3, 43; Pers. 3, 28; Juv. 8, 1; Mart. 5, 35, 4.—2.Trop., nobility, high value: argenti fumosa sui stemmata narrare, Mart. 8, 6, 3: referre prisci jejunii,