cippi

English

Noun

cippi

  1. plural of cippus

Italian

Noun

cippi m

  1. plural of cippo

Latin

Noun

cippī

  1. inflection of cippus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian ceppi (shackles).

Noun

cippi m pl

  1. plural of cippu
  2. shackles, fetters
  3. (figurative) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    cippi di coddustrong neck
    cippi di vrazzastrong arms
    cippi di gammistrong legs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ċeppuna

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “cippi e ccippi”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 865
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cippi”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, pages 322–323
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