cippi n m
1Cippi — Cippus Cip pus, n.; pl. {Cippi}. [L., stake, post.] A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral… …
2Cippi of Melqart — The Cippi of Melqart is the collective name for two white marble cippi that were unearthed at Tas Silġ,[1] Marsaxlokk,[2] Malta by the Knights Hospitaller in the late 17th century. One is currently in the Louvre, the other rests in the National… …
3cippi — /sipay/ An old English law term for the stocks, an instrument in which the wrists or ankles of petty offenders were confined …
4cippi — /sipay/ An old English law term for the stocks, an instrument in which the wrists or ankles of petty offenders were confined …
5cippi — The stocks, a contrivance for discipline and punishment. See stocks …
6cippi — plural of cippus …
7Cippus — Formen von Cippi Kriegerkopfcippus …
8Ustrinum — In ancient Rome, a ustrinum (plural ustrina) was the site of a historical funeral pyre. The ancient Greek equivalent word was a καύστρα (kaustra).Ustrinum Domus AugustaeThe site of the funeral pyre of the emperor Augustus, the ustrinum of the… …
9Melqart — Religions of the Ancient Near East Levantine deities …
10Pomerium — The pomerium (or pomoerium), from post + moerium>murum (wall), was the sacred boundary of the city of Rome. In legal terms, Rome existed only within the pomerium ; everything beyond it was simply land belonging to Rome. Location and… …
