Cipus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cīpus (Cippus), i, m.,

a fabled Roman praetor , upon whose head horns grew suddenly , Ov. M. 15, 565; Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 123; Val. Max. 5, 6, 3.