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CIPHUS
, Canalis, ex Græc. σίφων. Vita S. Theotonii Canonici Regul. num. 11. describens tempestatem in mari : Iterumque apertis undis in ima (navem) dejiciebant, atque, quod dictu mirabile est, aquam de mari, tanquam manifestum canale, quod nautæ Ciphum vocant, in sublime trahebant.
Græcis τυφών, quod vorticem vertit Plinius lib. 2. cap. 48. Nautis Tiphon vel Puchot. Vide Diction. Trevolt. in his vocibus.
CIPHUS
, pro Scyphus, Gall. Tasse, Gobelet, passim occurrit in Instrumentis inferioris ævi. Vide Thomam Madox Formul. Angl. pag. 432. Rymer. tom. 3. pag. 278. col. 1. Baluz. tom. 2. Hist. Arvern. pag. 182. Hist. Dalphin. tom. 2. pag. 555. et seq. ubi variæ Ciphorum species enumerantur.
Pro mensura quadam legitur in Stat. Vercell. lib. 3. pag. 84. v° : Et aliquis tabernarius vel tabernaria non possit nec debeat vendere vinum minutum, nisi in Cipho sive mensura signata.

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