apex

Meaning

1. (declension-3, masculine) The extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top.
2. (declension-3, literally, masculine) The small rod (generally of olive wood) at the top of the flamen's cap, wound around with a woolen cord or "thread".
3. (declension-3, masculine) The conical leathern cap of an ancient Roman priest (the Flamen), ornamented with this rod.
4. (declension-3, masculine) Any hat or helmet; a crown.
5. (declension-3, literally, masculine) A projecting point or summit.
6. (declension-3, figuratively, literally, masculine) A projecting point or summit.
7. (declension-3, masculine) The macron (long mark over a vowel).
8. (declension-3, masculine) The macron (long mark over a vowel).
9. (declension-3, masculine) A letter or any other writing.
10. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3, figuratively, masculine) (of the point or apex of a Hebrew letter) The least particle, tittle.

Concepts

summit

hopper

peak

top

🔝

Opposite of

fundus

Synonyms

acumen

infundibulum

scopulus

Translations

Gipfel

Kartenzuführungsmagazin

Spitze

Apex

Einfülltrichter

cime

faîte

🔝

sommet

trémie

cima

🔝

vetta

🔝

sommità

🔝

ápice

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈa.pɛks]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *apeks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit”). De Vaan approches this connection with caution since a link with apiō is through some meanings feasible in addition to the observation that most ex, -icis are technical terms without Indo-European origin.