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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• summit:
      1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SUMMIT
  • PROP., Top of a mountain, etc., cacumen: culmen (cacumen = that which runs up to a point; hence of the summit of a pyramid, of a tree, etc.; culmen = “the highest part;” both also of the top of a mountain): ☞ fastigium (PROP., the gable of a roof represents the summit, as that which is most striking or conspicuous, but never in prose for the summit of a mountain): vertex (crown of the head; hence, top, summit; e.g., of a mountain): also frequently by circumlocution with summus; e.g., the summit of a mountain, summum jugum montis; mons summus; (with historians) summum montis or collis.
  • Figuratively, Height, fastigium; or, mostly, by circumlocution with summus, supremus; e.g., the summit of glory, gloria summa. To raise one’s self to the highest summit of human greatness or power, in summum fastigium emergere et attolli: to stand at the summit, stare in fastigio. Vid: also, HEIGHT.