Apex

·noun The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

II. Apex ·noun The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

apex
ăpex, ĭcis, m. [etym. acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 270, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 18 Müll., from apo, t...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
apex
apex icis, m 1 AP-, the extreme end, point, summit, top : lauri, V.: montis, O.: sublimis (of a he...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
apex
The summit or vertex of anything; as the upper point of a triangle. ...

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