Disputatio:Summus mons

Defintio: "Summum est punctum altissimum montis."

More-usual terms for that definition are summus mons, and for a summit (of trees, mountains, etc.) cacumen, and by extension (for any peak) apex; and Cassell's defines summum as 'surface, top'—i.e., of anything, not just a mountain. IacobusAmor 13:25, 18 Martii 2010 (UTC)

"Summo Pyrenaeo", etc., often occurs in Roman itinera. It doesn't mean the peak, it means the top of the pass -- the highest point on the road. I would go for cacumen. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 13:50, 18 Martii 2010 (UTC)

Interesting! Cassell's says J. C. has summum iugum montis. IacobusAmor 14:04, 18 Martii 2010 (UTC)

He liked to be precise about things. Except when precision told against him. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 14:14, 18 Martii 2010 (UTC)

This article should probably be on culmen which captures the vertical idea. Cacumen is the extreme point of everything (no verticality implied). "Summum" is too vague, because it's basically a superlative adjective qua substantive. --Neander 16:23, 18 Martii 2010 (UTC)