tip (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. căcūmen, ĭnis, n.2. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n. (a sharp point)3. ăpex, ĭcis, m.4. extrēmum • tip (subs.): 1. căcūmen, ĭnis, n.: t.s of boughs, cacumina ramorum, Caes. B. G. 7, 73. 2. ăcūmen, ĭnis, n. (a sharp point): the t. of a cone, a. coni, Lucr. 4, 432. 3. ăpex, ĭcis, m.: the t. (point) of a reaping-hook, a. falcis, Col. 4. extrēmum: a missile with shaft of fir-wood, round throughout, except at the tip, which was shod with iron, missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti praeterquam ad extremum unde ferrum exstabat, Liv. 21, 8. Phr.: the t.s of the fingers, extremi digiti, Cic. Coel. 12, 28: the t. of the tail, e. cauda, Virg.: the t.s of the fingers, digituli primores, Pl. Bac. 4, 4, 24: the sharp t. of the nose, nasi primoris acumen, Lucr. 6, 1192: the t. of the tongue, prima lingua, Plin.: the deer show scarce the t.s of their horns above (the snow), cervi summis vix cornibus exstant, Virg. G. 3, 370: (of these adjectives prefer summus if the tip be also the top, extremus for hindermost, as with cauda).