Cipus

See also: cipus

Latin

Etymology

From cīpus, variant of cippus (“stake, post”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.pus/, [ˈkiːpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.pus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːpus]

Proper noun

Cīpus m sg (genitive Cīpī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Genucius Cipus, a Roman praetor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cīpus
Genitive	Cīpī
Dative	Cīpō
Accusative	Cīpum
Ablative	Cīpō
Vocative	Cīpe

References

• Cipus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cipus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray