summit Copy link Outline 1. căcūmen, ĭnis, n. (prop., that which ends in a point)2. culmen, ĭnis, n. (prop., the top of a building)3. vertex (prop., the crown of the head)4. fastīgium (in this sense only fig.)5. expr. freq. by summus s. suprēmus • summit: 1. căcūmen, ĭnis, n. (prop., that which ends in a point): the s.s of a mountain, c. montis, Lucr. 6, 462: cf. montana c., Ov. M. 1, 310: the s. of a pyramid, c. (pyramidis), Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 79. Also of trees: cf. Virg. E. 6, 28: id. G. 2, 307: v. also top. 2. culmen, ĭnis, n. (prop., the top of a building): the s.s of the Alps, c. Alpium, Caes. B. G. 3, 2, extr. Fig.: Troy topples down from its lofty s., ruit alto a c. Troja, Virg. Aen. 2, 290. Also strengthened with summus: the highest s. of good fortune, summum c. fortunae, Liv. 45, 9, extr. 3. vertex (prop., the crown of the head): fires bursting from Aetna's s., ignes qui ex Aetnae vertice erumpunt, Cic. Verr. 4, 48, 106: cf. Ov. M. 1, 316: Lucr. 6, 467 (465): the s. of an oak, v. quercus, Virg. Aen. 3, 679: the s. of the citadel, v. arcis, Lucr. 6, 751 (749). 4. fastīgium (in this sense only fig.): to stand on the s. of eloquence, stare in f. eloquentiae, Quint. 12, 1, 20: v. eminence (II., 1.). 5. expr. freq. by summus s. suprēmus: the s.s of the mountains, montes supremi, Virg. G. 4, 460: cf. Lucr. 1, 275 (268): montes summi, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 11: summum jugum montis, Caes. B. G. 1, 21. Rarely as subs.: to ascend to the s. of the mountain, ad summum montis egredi, Sall. J. 93, ad med. Fig.: to reach the s., not by a steady effort but by a sh, ad summum pervenire non nixu (al. nisu), sed impetu, Quint. 8, 4, 9: the s. of fame, summa claritudo, Sall. J. 2, extr. Phr.: Parnassus with two s.s, P. biceps, Ov. M. 2, 221: cf. anceps, ib. 12, 337: v. also height.