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cippus

Pronunciation: [ˈkɪp.pʊs]

“cippus” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stake, post
  2. gravestone, tombstone
  3. landmark, boundary marker
  4. bulwark of sharpened stakes
  5. menhir

Etymology

Seemingly from a Proto-Italic *keipos (where Latin cīpus would be the older form), likely related to scīpiō, of unclear further origin. De Vaan derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”), connecting it to Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis, tail”). However, the irregular alternation between the form with short ĭ and geminate pp versus that with long ī with singular p is…

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