cippus
Americannoun
plural
cippiEtymology
Origin of cippus
1615–25; < Latin: pillar, gravestone
Example Sentences
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A very common form in Greco–Roman times is the cippus , a short column, like an altar.
From How to Observe in Archaeology by Various
Her weeping parents laid her in a cippus or avello between the two doors of S. Reparata, where the workmen, unable to finish their job before sunset, left the lid of her sepulcher unsoldered.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Jupiter, on a cippus with a curious relief of Claudia drawing the boat with the image of the Magna Mater up the Tiber.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The cippus represented in the illustration below is manifestly the work of Caligula, because mention is made on it of his accession to the throne.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
Before the Gospel ambo is a fine mosaic candelabrum standing on a Roman cippus reversed, having an olive branch and birds sculptured on it.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various
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