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cippus (plural cippuses or cippi)
Seemingly from a Proto-Italic *keipos (where Latin cīpus would be the older form), likely related to scīpiō, of unclear further origin. De Vaan derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”), connecting it to Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis, tail”). However, the irregular alternation between the form with short ĭ and geminate pp versus that with long ī with singular p is difficult to explain; it could indicate contamination from another Italic dialect or borrowing from a substrate language, or it could be a normal Latin sound law seen also in littera from lītera. Not related to Latin scāpus, English shaft, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), despite some such suggestions.
cippus m (genitive cippī); second declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cippus | cippī |
| genitive | cippī | cippōrum |
| dative | cippō | cippīs |
| accusative | cippum | cippōs |
| ablative | cippō | cippīs |
| vocative | cippe | cippī |