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“tip” in Latin
cacūmenpeak, extremity, top, summit; end, limit; accent mark placed over a letterapexThe extreme end of a thing; the point, summit, top.; The small rod (generally of olive wood) at the top of the flamen's vertexwhirl, whirlpool, eddy, vortex; eddy of wind or flame, whirlwind, coil of flame; top, crown of the headsuperusabove, upper, higherextrēmusfarthest, outermost, extreme; coming at the end, last, final, ultimate; extreme in degree, intenseacuōto make pointed, sharpen, whet; to exercise, practice, improve; to spur, stimulate, arouseexacuōto sharpen; to stimulate or aggravateacūminōto make pointed or sharp, sharpencuspidōto make pointed
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tip 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).
tip 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.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tip?
- The usual Latin words for “tip” are cacūmen, apex, vertex; also superus, extrēmus, acuō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.