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},
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}
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"text": "→ Catalan: àpex"
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"1": "en",
"2": "apex",
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},
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"text": "→ English: apex"
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"1": "fr",
"2": "apex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: apex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: apex"
},
{
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"1": "gl",
"2": "ápice",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: ápice",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: ápice"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "de",
"2": "Apex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Apex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Apex"
},
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"1": "it",
"2": "apice",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: apice",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: apice"
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "ápice",
"3": "ápex",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: ápice, ápex"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "apex",
"bor": "1"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: apex"
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"2": "ápice",
"3": "ápex",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Spanish: ápice, ápex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: ápice, ápex"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂ep-",
"4": "",
"5": "to join, fit"
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"name": "der"
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"2": "apō",
"3": "",
"4": "to fasten, join, tie to"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "apicum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apicī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apicem",
"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apice",
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"ablative",
"singular"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"singular",
"vocative"
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{
"word": "fundus"
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"name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"The extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top."
],
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"extreme",
"extreme"
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[
"end",
"end"
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"point",
"point"
],
[
"summit",
"summit"
],
[
"top",
"top"
]
],
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{
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{
"word": "fastīgium"
},
{
"word": "culmen"
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{
"word": "vertex"
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{
"word": "summitās"
}
],
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"masculine"
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"flamen",
"flamen"
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"cap",
"cap"
],
[
"wound",
"wind#Verb"
],
[
"woolen",
"woolen"
]
],
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"(literally) The small rod (generally of olive wood) at the top of the flamen's cap, wound around with a woolen cord or \"thread\"."
],
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"The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
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"conical",
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"leathern",
"leathern"
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[
"cap",
"cap"
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[
"priest",
"priest"
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[
"ornament",
"ornament"
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"rod",
"rod"
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"(transferred sense):",
"The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
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"masculine"
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},
{
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"Any hat or helmet; a crown."
],
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"hat",
"hat"
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[
"helmet",
"helmet"
],
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"crown",
"crown"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
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"(transferred sense):",
"Any hat or helmet; a crown."
],
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"masculine"
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"A projecting point or summit."
],
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"project",
"project"
],
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"summit",
"summit"
]
],
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"(transferred sense):",
"(literally) A projecting point or summit."
],
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"declension-3",
"literally",
"masculine"
]
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"A projecting point or summit.",
"The highest ornament or honor; the crown of a thing."
],
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"project",
"project"
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[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"summit",
"summit"
],
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"ornament",
"ornament"
],
[
"honor",
"honor"
],
[
"crown",
"crown"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
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"(transferred sense):",
"(literally) A projecting point or summit.",
"(figurative) The highest ornament or honor; the crown of a thing."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"literally",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "la:Grammar",
"parents": [
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
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"glosses": [
"The macron (long mark over a vowel)."
],
"id": "en-apex-la-noun-l9tARICn",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"macron",
"macron"
],
[
"mark",
"mark#English"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(grammar) The macron (long mark over a vowel)."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "la",
"name": "Grammar",
"orig": "la:Grammar",
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"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The macron (long mark over a vowel).",
"The forms or outlines of the letters."
],
"id": "en-apex-la-noun-aOENZq35",
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
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[
"macron",
"macron"
],
[
"mark",
"mark#English"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel#English"
],
[
"form",
"form"
],
[
"outline",
"outline"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
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"(transferred sense):",
"(grammar) The macron (long mark over a vowel).",
"The forms or outlines of the letters."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A letter or any other writing."
],
"id": "en-apex-la-noun-LhoMTDBf",
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"A letter or any other writing."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
},
{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ecclesiastical Latin",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"(of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter) The least particle, tittle."
],
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"links": [
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"apex",
"apex"
],
[
"Hebrew",
"Hebrew"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"least",
"little"
],
[
"particle",
"particle"
],
[
"tittle",
"tittle"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(Ecclesiastical Latin, figurative) (of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter) The least particle, tittle."
],
"tags": [
"Ecclesiastical",
"Latin",
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈa.peks/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäpɛks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈa.peks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäːpeks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"la:apex"
],
"word": "apex"
}
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"Latin 2-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin third declension nouns"
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"2": "àpex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: àpex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: àpex"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "apex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: apex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: apex"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "apex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: apex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: apex"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "ápice",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Galician: ápice",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Galician: ápice"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Apex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Apex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Apex"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "apice",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: apice",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: apice"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "ápice",
"3": "ápex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: ápice, ápex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: ápice, ápex"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": "apex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Romanian: apex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Romanian: apex"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ápice",
"3": "ápex",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: ápice, ápex",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: ápice, ápex"
}
],
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"1": "la",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*apeks"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂ep-",
"4": "",
"5": "to join, fit"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "apō",
"3": "",
"4": "to fasten, join, tie to"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "apicis",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "apex",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apicēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apicis",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apicum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apicī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apicibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apicem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apicēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apice",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apicibus",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apex",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
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},
{
"form": "apicēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
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"g": "m"
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"name": "la-noun"
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"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"word": "fundus"
}
],
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"The extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top."
],
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[
"extreme",
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],
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"point",
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],
[
"summit",
"summit"
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[
"top",
"top"
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"word": "cacūmen"
},
{
"word": "summa"
},
{
"word": "fastīgium"
},
{
"word": "culmen"
},
{
"word": "vertex"
},
{
"word": "summitās"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The small rod (generally of olive wood) at the top of the flamen's cap, wound around with a woolen cord or \"thread\"."
],
"links": [
[
"rod",
"rod"
],
[
"flamen",
"flamen"
],
[
"cap",
"cap"
],
[
"wound",
"wind#Verb"
],
[
"woolen",
"woolen"
]
],
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"(literally) The small rod (generally of olive wood) at the top of the flamen's cap, wound around with a woolen cord or \"thread\"."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"literally",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
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"The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
],
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[
"conical",
"conical"
],
[
"leathern",
"leathern"
],
[
"cap",
"cap"
],
[
"priest",
"priest"
],
[
"ornament",
"ornament"
],
[
"rod",
"rod"
]
],
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"(transferred sense):",
"The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Any hat or helmet; a crown."
],
"links": [
[
"hat",
"hat"
],
[
"helmet",
"helmet"
],
[
"crown",
"crown"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"Any hat or helmet; a crown."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A projecting point or summit."
],
"links": [
[
"project",
"project"
],
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"summit",
"summit"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(literally) A projecting point or summit."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"literally",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A projecting point or summit.",
"The highest ornament or honor; the crown of a thing."
],
"links": [
[
"project",
"project"
],
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"summit",
"summit"
],
[
"high",
"high"
],
[
"ornament",
"ornament"
],
[
"honor",
"honor"
],
[
"crown",
"crown"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(literally) A projecting point or summit.",
"(figurative) The highest ornament or honor; the crown of a thing."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"literally",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses",
"la:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"The macron (long mark over a vowel)."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"macron",
"macron"
],
[
"mark",
"mark#English"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(grammar) The macron (long mark over a vowel)."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses",
"la:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"The macron (long mark over a vowel).",
"The forms or outlines of the letters."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"macron",
"macron"
],
[
"mark",
"mark#English"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel#English"
],
[
"form",
"form"
],
[
"outline",
"outline"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(grammar) The macron (long mark over a vowel).",
"The forms or outlines of the letters."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A letter or any other writing."
],
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"A letter or any other writing."
],
"tags": [
"declension-3",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Ecclesiastical Latin",
"Latin terms with transferred senses"
],
"glosses": [
"(of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter) The least particle, tittle."
],
"links": [
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"apex",
"apex"
],
[
"Hebrew",
"Hebrew"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"least",
"little"
],
[
"particle",
"particle"
],
[
"tittle",
"tittle"
]
],
"qualifier": "transferred sense",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transferred sense):",
"(Ecclesiastical Latin, figurative) (of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter) The least particle, tittle."
],
"tags": [
"Ecclesiastical",
"Latin",
"declension-3",
"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈa.peks/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäpɛks̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈa.peks/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈäːpeks]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"la:apex"
],
"word": "apex"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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