cippus – Latin noun declension

Noun: cippus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	cippus
Plural	cippī

Genitive

Singular	cippī
Plural	cippōrum

Dative

Singular	cippō
Plural	cippīs

Accusative

Singular	cippum
Plural	cippōs

Ablative

Singular	cippō
Plural	cippīs

Vocative

Singular	cippe
Plural	cippī

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like cippus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Seemingly from a Proto-Italic *keipos (where Latin cīpus would be the older form), likely related to scīpiō, of unclear further origin. De Vaan derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéypos (“pole, stick”), connecting it to Sanskrit शेप (śepa, “penis, tail”). However, the irregular alternation between the form with short ĭ and geminate pp versus that with long ī with singular p is difficult to explain; it could indicate contamination from another Italic dialect or borrowing from a substrate language, or it could be a normal Latin sound law seen also in littera from lītera. Not related to Latin scāpus, English shaft, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō), despite some such suggestions.

Verbs referencing "cippus"

Italian Nouns zeppa, Galician Nouns cepa, Catalan Nouns cep, French Nouns cep, Romanian Nouns cep, English Nouns cippus, Irish Nouns ceap, German Nouns Kippe, English Nouns kipfel, Italian Nouns ceppo, Italian Nouns cippo, French Nouns cèpe, French Nouns sep, Italian Nouns chifel, French Nouns cippe, Spanish Nouns cipo, English Nouns kype, Italian Nouns chifer, German Nouns Kipfl, Old Norse Nouns keppr.