cippus (cīpus), i, m. [kindr. with scipio; cf. σκήπτω], a pale, stake, post, pillar, Lucil. ap. Fest. p. 258; and specif.,
I A gravestone , tombstone , * Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Pers. 1, 37; Prud. Apoth. 361; Inscr. Orell. 4524 al.—
II In the Agrimensores, a landmark , boundary-stone or post , Simplic. ap. Goes. p. 88.—*
III In milit. lang., cippi , ōrum, m., a bulwark formed of sharpened stakes , Caes. B. G. 7, 73.