cippus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — […]lodged on the top of an ancient sepulchral cippus
  2. The stocks. historical

词形变化

cippuses plural cippi plural

词源

Borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake, post”). Doublet of cep.
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