cippus
i, m.
kindr. with scipio; cf. σκήπτω
I.
a pale, stake, post, pillar, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 258; and specif.,
I.
A gravestone, tombstone, * Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Pers. 1, 37; Prud. Apoth. 361; Inscr. Orell. 4524 al.—
II.
In the Agrimensores, a landmark, boundary-stone or post, Simplic. ap. Goes. p. 88.—*
III.
In milit. lang., cippi, ōrum, m., a bulwark formed of sharpened stakes, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.