lapis

Meaning

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

Concepts

stone

🪨

marble

tombstone

gravestone

headstone

🪦

rock

🪨

memorial stone

Headstone

tomb slab

Synonyms

petra

🪨

saxum

🪨

marmor

lapillus

Translations

Stein

🪨

pierre

🪨

piedra

🪨

pedra

🪨

steen

🪨

pedra

🪨

pietra

🪨

taş

🪨

πέτρα

kevir

🪨

λίθος

ber

kuç

🪨

berd

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɫa.pɪs]

Etymology

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.