cippus
English
/ˈsɪ.pəs/
noun
Definitions
- A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
- (historical) The stocks.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cippus (post, stake, pole, point, peak, pale).
Origin
Latin
cippus
Gloss
post, stake, pole, point, peak, pale
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cippus Latin
- Kippe German
- ceppo Italian
- cep French
- cippe French
- cèpe French
- cepo Spanish, Castilian
- *skāp- Proto-Indo-European
- cepo Portuguese
- cep Catalan, Valencian
- cep Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kipfa Old High German
- cepa Old Portuguese
- cepo Old Portuguese
- cepp Middle Irish
- *kɨf Proto-Brythonic
- *zippa lng