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).
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.
TIP Copy link • TIP 1. s. cacumen: apex: vertex. Tip of the nose, cacumen nasi (Lucr.), or by summus, extremus; e.g., tip of the finger, digitus extremus: to touch anything with the tip of the fingers, digitis extremis attingere (☞ digiti primores and digitus primus = the fore part of the finger, the first joint). 2. v. To give a point or top to anything, acuere (Caes.); exacuere (Verg.); acuminare, cuspidare, spiculare aliquid (Plin.). To take off the point or top of anything, decacuminare aliquid (Col.).