"vertex" meaning in Latin

See vertex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈu̯er.teks/ [Classical], [ˈu̯ɛrt̪ɛks̠] [Classical], /ˈver.teks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvɛrt̪eks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From vertō (“to turn around, turn about”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|vertō||to turn around, turn about}} vertō (“to turn around, turn about”) Head templates: {{la-noun|vertex<3>|g=m}} vertex m (genitive verticis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vertex<3>}} Forms: verticis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vertex [nominative, singular], verticēs [nominative, plural], verticis [genitive, singular], verticum [genitive, plural], verticī [dative, singular], verticibus [dative, plural], verticem [accusative, singular], verticēs [accusative, plural], vertice [ablative, singular], verticibus [ablative, plural], vertex [singular, vocative], verticēs [plural, vocative]
  1. whirl, whirlpool, eddy, vortex Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-4ryHJ2~S Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12
  2. eddy of wind or flame, whirlwind, coil of flame Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-EU8uZL0X Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12
  3. (literally, anatomy) top, crown of the head Tags: declension-3, literally, masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-PUfih56t Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  4. (poetic) head Tags: declension-3, masculine, poetic
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-ny5tM6Nx Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12
  5. pole of the heavens (north or south) Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-urjZCDsi Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12
  6. highest point, top, peak, summit (of a mountain, house, tree, etc.) Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: cacūmen, apex, culmen, fastīgium, summitās
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-BcuWMCjS Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12
  7. (figurative, poetic) highest, uttermost, greatest Tags: declension-3, figuratively, masculine, poetic
    Sense id: en-vertex-la-noun-exChzxTX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 16 22 5 11 32 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 17 12 16 14 16 13 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vortex [archaic] Derived forms: bivertex, quinquevertex, verticillus, verticula, verticōsus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bivertex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quinquevertex"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verticillus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verticula"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "verticōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "vierdza",
            "3": "verdza",
            "4": "értes",
            "5": "vértisa",
            "t4": "parting of the hair"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: vierdza, verdza, értes, vértisa (“parting of the hair”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: vierdza, verdza, értes, vértisa (“parting of the hair”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "verdz̆a",
            "t": "peak"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: verdz̆a (“peak”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: verdz̆a (“peak”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "viertsch",
            "3": "vertscha"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: viertsch, vertscha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: viertsch, vertscha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "vertiz",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "top of the head"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: vertiz (“top of the head”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: vertiz (“top of the head”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "vertitz",
            "3": "vertis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Occitan: vertitz, vertis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Occitan: vertitz, vertis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "vertex",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: vertex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: vertex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vertex",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: vertex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: vertex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vertice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: vertice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: vertice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "vértice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: vértice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: vértice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "vèrtici",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: vèrtici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: vèrtici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "vértice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: vértice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: vértice"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vertō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to turn around, turn about"
      },
      "expansion": "vertō (“to turn around, turn about”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From vertō (“to turn around, turn about”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "verticis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vertex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vertice",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vertex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vertex<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "vertex m (genitive verticis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vertex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whirl, whirlpool, eddy, vortex"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-4ryHJ2~S",
      "links": [
        [
          "whirl",
          "whirl"
        ],
        [
          "whirlpool",
          "whirlpool"
        ],
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ],
        [
          "vortex",
          "vortex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eddy of wind or flame, whirlwind, coil of flame"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-EU8uZL0X",
      "links": [
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ],
        [
          "whirlwind",
          "whirlwind"
        ],
        [
          "coil",
          "coil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "top, crown of the head"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-PUfih56t",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "crown",
          "crown"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally, anatomy) top, crown of the head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an empty head",
          "text": "vacuus vertex",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-ny5tM6Nx",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pole of the heavens (north or south)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-urjZCDsi",
      "links": [
        [
          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ],
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fundus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "frome above/at the top",
          "text": "a vertice",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "upright/vertically",
          "text": "in verticem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "highest point, top, peak, summit (of a mountain, house, tree, etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-BcuWMCjS",
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ],
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacūmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "apex"
        },
        {
          "word": "culmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "fastīgium"
        },
        {
          "word": "summitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 16 22 5 11 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 12 16 14 16 13 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "highest, uttermost, greatest"
      ],
      "id": "en-vertex-la-noun-exChzxTX",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "highest",
          "highest"
        ],
        [
          "uttermost",
          "uttermost"
        ],
        [
          "greatest",
          "greatest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, poetic) highest, uttermost, greatest"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯er.teks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛrt̪ɛks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈver.teks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛrt̪eks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "vortex"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vertex"
}
{
  "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 with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bivertex"
    },
    {
      "word": "quinquevertex"
    },
    {
      "word": "verticillus"
    },
    {
      "word": "verticula"
    },
    {
      "word": "verticōsus"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "vierdza",
            "3": "verdza",
            "4": "értes",
            "5": "vértisa",
            "t4": "parting of the hair"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: vierdza, verdza, értes, vértisa (“parting of the hair”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: vierdza, verdza, értes, vértisa (“parting of the hair”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "verdz̆a",
            "t": "peak"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: verdz̆a (“peak”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: verdz̆a (“peak”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "viertsch",
            "3": "vertscha"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: viertsch, vertscha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: viertsch, vertscha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "vertiz",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "top of the head"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: vertiz (“top of the head”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: vertiz (“top of the head”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "vertitz",
            "3": "vertis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Occitan: vertitz, vertis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Occitan: vertitz, vertis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "vertex",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: vertex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: vertex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "vertex",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: vertex",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: vertex"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vertice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: vertice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: vertice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "vértice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: vértice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: vértice"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "vèrtici",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: vèrtici",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: vèrtici"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "vértice",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: vértice",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: vértice"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vertō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to turn around, turn about"
      },
      "expansion": "vertō (“to turn around, turn about”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From vertō (“to turn around, turn about”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "verticis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vertex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vertice",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vertex",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verticēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vertex<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "vertex m (genitive verticis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vertex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whirl, whirlpool, eddy, vortex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whirl",
          "whirl"
        ],
        [
          "whirlpool",
          "whirlpool"
        ],
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ],
        [
          "vortex",
          "vortex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eddy of wind or flame, whirlwind, coil of flame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eddy",
          "eddy"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ],
        [
          "whirlwind",
          "whirlwind"
        ],
        [
          "coil",
          "coil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "top, crown of the head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "crown",
          "crown"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literally, anatomy) top, crown of the head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "literally",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "an empty head",
          "text": "vacuus vertex",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pole of the heavens (north or south)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ],
        [
          "south",
          "south"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fundus"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "frome above/at the top",
          "text": "a vertice",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "upright/vertically",
          "text": "in verticem",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "highest point, top, peak, summit (of a mountain, house, tree, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ],
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "mountain",
          "mountain"
        ],
        [
          "house",
          "house"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacūmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "apex"
        },
        {
          "word": "culmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "fastīgium"
        },
        {
          "word": "summitās"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "highest, uttermost, greatest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "highest",
          "highest"
        ],
        [
          "uttermost",
          "uttermost"
        ],
        [
          "greatest",
          "greatest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, poetic) highest, uttermost, greatest"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈu̯er.teks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈu̯ɛrt̪ɛks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈver.teks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvɛrt̪eks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "vortex"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vertex"
}

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