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Latin
Etymology
From cīpus, variant of cippus (“stake, post”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cīpus m sg (genitive Cīpī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Marcus Genucius Cipus, a Roman praetor
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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