cippi

English

Noun

cippi

1. plural of cippus

Italian

Noun

cippi m

1. plural of cippo

Latin

Noun

cippī

1. inflection of cippus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian ceppi (“shackles”).

Noun

cippi m pl

1. plural of cippu
2. shackles, fetters
3. (figurative) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   cippi di coddu ― strong neck

   cippi di vrazza ― strong arms

   cippi di gammi ― strong legs

Derived terms

• a cippuni

Descendants

• →⇒ Maltese: ċeppuna

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cippi e ccippi”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 865
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cippi”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, pages 322–323