lapis

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(Englisch)

(declension-3, masculine) stone
(declension-3, masculine) milestone
(declension-3, masculine) boundary stone
(declension-3, masculine) gravestone, tombstone
(declension-3, masculine) lapis manalis (“stone of manes”), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld
(declension-3, masculine) stone platform at a slave auction
(declension-3, masculine) statue
(declension-3, masculine, poetic) jewel, precious stone

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[ˈɫa.pɪs]

From Proto-Italic *lapets. May be connected with Ancient Greek λέπας (lépas, “bare rock, crag”), either from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel”) (compare secō, saxum; rumpō, rupēs) or, more likely, a Mediterranean substrate language.