Cipus

== Latin == === Etymology === From cīpus, variant of cippus (“stake, post”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkiː.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.pus] === Proper noun === Cīpus m sg (genitive Cīpī); second declension A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Marcus Genucius Cipus, a Roman praetor ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Cipus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Cipus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray