cippus
noun
(in classical architecture) a stele.
cippi
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pluralof cippus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Not the sight of illumined Rome, but the sight of a low and narrow bench, running along below the cippi and the sarcophagi, calmed his spirit.
From The Saint by William Roscoe Thayer
One of the cippi, above the staircase, is beautifully decorated with shells and mosaic.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Ranged along the walls are a series of sarcophagi, cippi, and funeral altars, some of them very fine.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
The area is lined with stone cippi, placed at an interval of two and a half metres from one another.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
Their cippi were found broken into fragments, their names half erased, and their ashes scattered to the four winds.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
