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1 cacumen
căcūmen, ĭnis, n. [etym. dub.], the extreme end, extremity, or point of a thing; the peak, top, utmost point.I.Lit. (whether horizontal or perpendicular; while culmen is an extremity projecting in height; v. Doed. Syn.; in the poets freq.; in prose rare before the Aug. per.;II.not in Cic.): ut altis Arboribus vicina cacumina summa terantur Inter se,
the extreme top, Lucr. 1, 898. —So of tree-tops:umbrosa cacumina,
Verg. E. 2, 3:fracta,
id. ib. 9, 9; 6, 28; id. G. 2, 29; 2, 307; Ov. M. 1, 346; 1, 552; 1, 567; 8, 257; 8, 716; 8, 756; 9, 389; 10, 140; 10, 193; 13, 833; 15, 396; Quint. 8, 3, 10; 1, 2, 26:arborum cacumina,
Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 147:ficorum, pirorum, malorum,
Col. 3, 21, 11:olivae,
id. 5, 11, 14 and 15; 11, 3, 37; Pall. Jan. 15, 15; id. Febr. 25, 28; id. Mart. 10, 23; 10, 35; id. Apr. 4, 1; Veg. 4, 4, 9 al.:harundinis,
Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—Of grass, the points of the blades, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12:praeacutis (ramorum) cacuminibus,
Caes. B. G. 7, 73; Lucr. 6, 459.— Of the summits, peaks of mountains, Liv. 7, 34, 4; Lucr. 6, 464; Cat. 64, 240; Verg. A. 3, 274; Hor. Epod. 16, 28; Ov. M. 1, 310; 1, 317; 1, 666; 6, 311; 8, 797; 7, 804; 9, 93; Luc. 7, 75, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117; 6, 7, 7, § 20 al.—Of other things:pilorum, Auct. B. Afr. 47: atomi,
Lucr. 1, 600:cujusque rei,
id. 1, 750:ovi,
Plin. 10, 52, 74, § 145; 10. 54, 75, §151: metae,
id. 36, 5, 4, § 31:pyramidis,
id. 36, 12, 17, § 79:membrorum,
id. 11, 37. 88, §219: ignis,
Luc. 1, 551:incurvum, of the elephant's back,
Sil. 9, 584.—Trop.A.The end, limit: donec alescundi summum tetigere cacumen, until they have completely attained the limit of their growth, Lucr. 2, 1130:B.ad summum donec venere cacumen,
to the height of perfection, id. 5, 1456: famae, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7.—As a gram. t. t., the mark of accent placed over a letter, Mart. Cap. 3, § 273.
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