cippusn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪpəs/, U.S.

/ˈsɪpəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cippus.

Etymology: < classical Latin cippus boundary stone or pillar, tombstone, in post-classical Latin also (usually in the plural) stock for detaining prisoners (6th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources), tree-stump (from 13th cent. in British (frequently) and continental sources), beam of a plough (mid 13th cent. in a British source), of uncertain origin; perhaps < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin scīpiō stick, ancient Greek σκίπων staff, stick, or perhaps a loanword.Compare the following earlier example of classical Latin cippus in an English context:1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Z2^v At euery miles end by the way for the space of tenne or twelue miles, I saw certaine pretty stony pillars erected by the high way side, such as we call in Latin cippos, whereof some had inscriptions, some had not.

†1. The stocks. Cf. stock n.¹ 8. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks

stocksc1325

pilloryc1330

stocka1382

gofe1489

stretchneck1543

harmans1567

foot trap1585

pigeonholes1592

jougs1596

berlina1607

halsfang1607

gorget1635

cippusa1637

nutcrackers1648

catasta1664

wooden cravat1676

the wooden ruff1677

neck stock1681

wooden casement1685

timber-stairsc1750

Norway neckcloth1785

law-neck-cloth1789

stoop1795

timber1851–4

nerve1854

a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 55 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) No Justice Lippus Will seeke for to nip us In Crampring, or Cippus.

1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Cippus, a pair of Stocks.

2. Chiefly Art and Architecture. A low column or pedestal (typically in classical style) often bearing an inscription; (Ancient History and Archaeology) an ancient monument of this sort erected in the landscape to serve as a landmark, boundary stone, grave marker, etc. Also (and in earliest use): something resembling or likened to a cippus.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > monuments of other specific shape

crossc1420

cippus1667

bust1746

turban-stone1872

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > column, pillar, or obelisk

needlea1387

obelisk1561

column1606

guglioc1660

cippus1667

aiguille1686

broach1715

lat1801

nuraghe1828

peulvan1841

shaft1847

1667 W. Curtius Let. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 195 Belike, this place inhabited by myriads of myrmidonian chymists, may be a special magazine of their elaborate and fragrant commodity... Perhaps, they within this cippus [sc. a tall anthill] are under a king of extraordinary forecast and industry.

1672 T. Philipot Brief Hist. Disc. Heraldry 36 Pergamus had describ'd on the Reverse of its Coyn, Aesculapius standing on a Pedestal or Cippus of stone.

1747 Hist. Medals King William III 30/1 in Metallick Hist. A cippus (or round pillar) on which stands a victory.

1850 Art Jrnl. 219 Cippi have frequently been mistaken for altars.

1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 259 There is in Ceylon a granite cippus, or monumental pillar, of immemorial antiquity.

1963 F. Burgess Eng. Churchyard Memorials ii. 74 The cippus..usually consisted of a squared pedestal decorated with the heads or skulls of oxen and rams, sacrificial victims, looped with festoons of flowers or leaves about the moulded panel which enclosed the inscription.

2019 Amer. Jrnl Archaeol. 123 223/1 The dedication at Tor Tignosa..is inscribed on a small tapered cippus of peperino stone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	cippus
释义	cippusn. Brit. /ˈsɪpəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪpəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin cippus. Etymology: < classical Latin cippus boundary stone or pillar, tombstone, in post-classical Latin also (usually in the plural) stock for detaining prisoners (6th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources), tree-stump (from 13th cent. in British (frequently) and continental sources), beam of a plough (mid 13th cent. in a British source), of uncertain origin; perhaps < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin scīpiō stick, ancient Greek σκίπων staff, stick, or perhaps a loanword.Compare the following earlier example of classical Latin cippus in an English context:1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Z2^v At euery miles end by the way for the space of tenne or twelue miles, I saw certaine pretty stony pillars erected by the high way side, such as we call in Latin cippos, whereof some had inscriptions, some had not. †1. The stocks. Cf. stock n.¹ 8. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks stocksc1325 pilloryc1330 stocka1382 gofe1489 stretchneck1543 harmans1567 foot trap1585 pigeonholes1592 jougs1596 berlina1607 halsfang1607 gorget1635 cippusa1637 nutcrackers1648 catasta1664 wooden cravat1676 the wooden ruff1677 neck stock1681 wooden casement1685 timber-stairsc1750 Norway neckcloth1785 law-neck-cloth1789 stoop1795 timber1851–4 nerve1854 a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Gypsies 55 in tr. Horace Art of Poetry (1640) No Justice Lippus Will seeke for to nip us In Crampring, or Cippus. 1692 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Cippus, a pair of Stocks. 2. Chiefly Art and Architecture. A low column or pedestal (typically in classical style) often bearing an inscription; (Ancient History and Archaeology) an ancient monument of this sort erected in the landscape to serve as a landmark, boundary stone, grave marker, etc. Also (and in earliest use): something resembling or likened to a cippus. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > monuments of other specific shape crossc1420 cippus1667 bust1746 turban-stone1872 society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > column, pillar, or obelisk needlea1387 obelisk1561 column1606 guglioc1660 cippus1667 aiguille1686 broach1715 lat1801 nuraghe1828 peulvan1841 shaft1847 1667 W. Curtius Let. in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1756) II. 195 Belike, this place inhabited by myriads of myrmidonian chymists, may be a special magazine of their elaborate and fragrant commodity... Perhaps, they within this cippus [sc. a tall anthill] are under a king of extraordinary forecast and industry. 1672 T. Philipot Brief Hist. Disc. Heraldry 36 Pergamus had describ'd on the Reverse of its Coyn, Aesculapius standing on a Pedestal or Cippus of stone. 1747 Hist. Medals King William III 30/1 in Metallick Hist. A cippus (or round pillar) on which stands a victory. 1850 Art Jrnl. 219 Cippi have frequently been mistaken for altars. 1854 T. De Quincey On War in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 259 There is in Ceylon a granite cippus, or monumental pillar, of immemorial antiquity. 1963 F. Burgess Eng. Churchyard Memorials ii. 74 The cippus..usually consisted of a squared pedestal decorated with the heads or skulls of oxen and rams, sacrificial victims, looped with festoons of flowers or leaves about the moulded panel which enclosed the inscription. 2019 Amer. Jrnl Archaeol. 123 223/1 The dedication at Tor Tignosa..is inscribed on a small tapered cippus of peperino stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.a1637
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