"apex" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈa.pɛks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.peks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *apeks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”). De Vaan approches this connection with caution since a link with apiō is through some meanings feasible in addition to the observation that most ex, -icis are technical terms without Indo-European origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro||*apeks}} Proto-Italic *apeks, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂ep-||to join, fit}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”) Head templates: {{la-noun|apex<3>|g=m}} apex m (genitive apicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|apex<3>}} Forms: apicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], apex [nominative, singular], apicēs [nominative, plural], apicis [genitive, singular], apicum [genitive, plural], apicī [dative, singular], apicibus [dative, plural], apicem [accusative, singular], apicēs [accusative, plural], apice [ablative, singular], apicibus [ablative, plural], apex [singular, vocative], apicēs [plural, vocative]
  1. The extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top. Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: cacūmen, summa, fastīgium, culmen, vertex, summitās
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-Gu2dI5Q1 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 8 8 7 3 3 3 3 7 3 8 6 3 6 3 2 4 7 2 5 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6
  2. (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
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-9qO6WeYH
  3. (transferred sense):
    The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod.
    Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-nAH84iNS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12
  4. (transferred sense):
    Any hat or helmet; a crown.
    Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-lrlL4dna
  5. (transferred sense):
    (literally) A projecting point or summit.
    Tags: declension-3, literally, masculine
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-10PWEb4H
  6. (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
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-utkhNw2o
  7. (transferred sense):
    (grammar) The macron (long mark over a vowel).
    Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-l9tARICn Categories (other): Grammar, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  8. (transferred sense):
    (grammar) The macron (long mark over a vowel).
    The forms or outlines of the letters.
    Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-aOENZq35 Categories (other): Grammar, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  9. (transferred sense):
    A letter or any other writing.
    Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-LhoMTDBf
  10. (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
    Sense id: en-apex-la-noun-Ifq-QNqx Categories (other): Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "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,
      "templates": [
        {
          "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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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*apeks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *apeks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to join, fit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *apeks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”). De Vaan approches this connection with caution since a link with apiō is through some meanings feasible in addition to the observation that most ex, -icis are technical terms without Indo-European origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apicēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apex<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "apex m (genitive apicis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fundus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 8 7 3 3 3 3 7 3 8 6 3 6 3 2 4 7 2 5 3 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-Gu2dI5Q1",
      "links": [
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "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\"."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-9qO6WeYH",
      "links": [
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "flamen",
          "flamen"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "wound",
          "wind#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "woolen",
          "woolen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-nAH84iNS",
      "links": [
        [
          "conical",
          "conical"
        ],
        [
          "leathern",
          "leathern"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transferred sense):",
        "The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Any hat or helmet; a crown."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-lrlL4dna",
      "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": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A projecting point or summit."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-10PWEb4H",
      "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": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A projecting point or summit.",
        "The highest ornament or honor; the crown of a thing."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-utkhNw2o",
      "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "la:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "la:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 6 22 7 3 3 10 10 8 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The macron (long mark over a vowel).",
        "The forms or outlines of the letters."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-aOENZq35",
      "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": [],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ecclesiastical Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 17 6 8 8 14 14 7 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter) The least particle, tittle."
      ],
      "id": "en-apex-la-noun-Ifq-QNqx",
      "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.pɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.peks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "la:apex"
  ],
  "word": "apex"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "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",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "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,
      "templates": [
        {
          "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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*apeks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *apeks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to join, fit"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *apeks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”). De Vaan approches this connection with caution since a link with apiō is through some meanings feasible in addition to the observation that most ex, -icis are technical terms without Indo-European origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "apicēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apex<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "apex m (genitive apicis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "apex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fundus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "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"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conical",
          "conical"
        ],
        [
          "leathern",
          "leathern"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "ornament",
          "ornament"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transferred sense",
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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.pɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.peks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "la:apex"
  ],
  "word": "apex"
}

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  "msg": "apex/Latin/noun: invalid uppercase tag Classical-Latin not in or uppercase_tags",
  "path": [],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
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