tip (v.) Copy link Outline I. To give a head toII. To edge with light or colourIII. To t. up, over, to incline • tip (v.): I. To give a head to: praefīgo, xi, xum, 3 (to fix at the end): darts t.'d with iron, jacula praefixa ferro, Liv. 26, 4: a lance t.'d with pointed iron, ferro p. robur acuto, Virg. Aen. 10, 479. Phr.: to t. with a point, acuere, exacuere, praeacuere: v. to sharpen. II. To edge with light or colour: *praetexo, tingo, incingo: the sun t.s the hills with gold, *sol auricomo praetexit lumine colles; tingit summa montium lumine: a flower t.'d with crimson, *flos purpurea incinctus ora (cf. Cat. 64, 309). III. To t. up, over, to incline: *verto, inverto, inclino; vergo (both trans. and intrans.): the foaming goblets are t.'d over, spumantes paterae verguntur, Stat. Th. 6, 211: vessels horizontally placed or t.'d right over, vasa prona et vergentia, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 6.