apex

apex icis, m

1 AP-, the extreme end, point, summit, top : lauri, V.: montis, O.: sublimis (of a headland), Iu.: levis, a tongue of flame , V.— A hat, helmet, crown : regum apices, H.: summus, the top of the helmet , V.: hinc apicem Fortuna Sustulit, the crown , H.: dialis, the flamen's hat , i. e. the priestly office , L.— Fig., the highest ornament : apex est senectutis auctoritas.