Logeion | culmen

culmen, ĭnis, contr. form of columen, q. v.

culmen, minis, n. (st. columen v. cello), I) der höchste Punkt, der Gipfel, die Kuppe eines hohen Gegenstandes (als Scheitelpunkt), A) eig.: 1) im allg.: c. Alpium, Caes.: c. montium, Plin.: v. der »Kuppel« des Himmels, Cic. Arat.: v. »Scheitel« des Menschen, c. summum hominis, Liv. – 2) insbes., als t. t. der Baukunst = der First des Daches, c. tecti, Verg. u. Curt.: c. domus, Suet.: c. aedis Iovis, Liv. – dah. die Strohhütte, Sen. ep. 8, 5. – poet. = das Haus, Val. Flacc. u. Sen. poët. – B) übtr., der Gipfel, Höhepunkt, Zenith, summum c. fortunae, Liv. 45, 9, 7 (vgl. Lucan. 8, 8 u. 8, 702): honoris mei, Apul. flor. 16. p. 24, 20 Kr.: auctoritatis, Augustin. de util. cred. § 35: regale, fürstliche Hoheit, Claud. VI. cons. Hon. 64: v. Pers., c. et urbis apex, v. Hektor, Dracont. carm. 8, 93. – II) (poet.) = culmus, der Halm der Bohne, Ov. fast. 4, 734.

culmen [CL] 1 roof. b tree-top. c heavenly vault, zenith. quos ‥, cum abessent, tremebant, sponte ‥ sub unius tecti ~ine invitabant Gildas EB 23; machina celsa labat cum culmina fracta fatescunt Aldh. VirgV 1386; ~en, quia culmis tegitur GlC C 939; domus ‥ excisa in petra tantae altitudinis ut, qui medio staret, manu ~en tangere posset Bede Hom. II 10. 153; membra parentis / culmine sub templi digno posuere sepulchro Æthelwulf Abb. 400; columen, i. ~en, rof Ælf. Gl.; cyricsceattum debet homo reddere a ~ine et mansione [AS: to þam healme and to þam heorðe] ubi residens erit in natali (Quad.) GAS 117; que [ecclesia] cum jam per xv annos velut deserta sine tecto durasset, eam monachi ~ine imposito renovaverunt S. Durh. Durh. IV 4; sita est ‥ in ~ine turris statua ‥ gigantea G. Hen. V 15. b a690 glescentium ~ina tiliarum per florulenta Aldh. Ep. 5; quicumque cupit ‥ / ‥ commaculare domum sub culmine querno Id. Aen. 75 (Crabro) 7. c clarum stelligeri conscendens culmen Olimpi Aldh. CE 3. 32; neque caelorum culmina / carent nocturna nebula Carm. Aldh. 1. 55; 836 elemosinam ‥ in altitudinem caeli ~inis in manus datam habeo CS 416; diabolus ‥ quietus in celi ~ine stare contempsit Bart. Angl. II 19; celique volubile culmen Gower VC II 599. 2 height (usu. fig.), summit, eminence. b (as title) highness or sim. regali culmine fretus Aldh. Aen. 39 (Leo) 5; ~ine gratiae prophetalis Bede CuthbP 22; regni ~ine sublimatus Id. HE III 6; 9‥ ~ina, heahpo WW; quatenus ‥ per iter patientiae possem perfectionis ~en attingere Eadmer Wilf. 44; non oneris cumulum sed honoris abhorreo culmen H. Avr. Hugh 678; s1254 adolescentes ‥ cathedras adscendunt magistrales ‥ et ‥ sine fundamento ad ~ina scandunt celsiora M. Par. Maj. V 428; 1381 Petrus honorem culminis / jubet impendi dominis / modestis atque discolis (In Lollardos 17) Pol. Poems I 236. b c1230 si aliqua his contraria vestro [sc. regis] †~ine [MS: ~ini] fuerint nunciata (AncC II 155) RL I 368; 1257 cum archiepiscopo Treverensi, nostri ~inis inimico (Lit. Regis) Foed. I 623a; 1326 quedam miracula ‥ vestri dignissimi apostolatus ~ini ‥ duximus presentare Lit. Cant. III 402; c1390 x [equi] ‥ de mandato vestri [sc. regis] ~inis arrestati fuerunt Dip. Corr. Ric. II 23. 3 (? by conf. w. culmus) straw. ~en, stramen †piscarum [? l. spicarum] GlC C 960; 13‥ debet ‥ colligere wiscas et ~ina Cart. S. Denys Southampt. f. 100v. 4 (? by conf. w. cumulus) measure of malt. 1493 vendit’ ‥ Johanni Fisshe d ~ina brasii pro xxx li. KR Mem 269 r. 8.

culmĕn, (11) ĭnis, n. (cello), ¶ 1 faîte, sommet : culmina Alpium Cæs. G. 3, 2, 5, les hauteurs des Alpes ; [voûte du ciel] Cic. Arat. 34, 27 ; culmen ædis Liv. 27, 4, 11, le faîte dʼun temple || [poét.] édifice, temple : Val. Flacc. 5, 446 ¶ 2 [fig.] apogée, le plus haut point : summum culmen fortunæ Liv. 45, 9, 7, le plus haut degré de fortune ¶ 3 [poét.] = culmus, paille [de fève] : Ov. F. 4, 734.

culmen, inis n (sync. < columen)

1. top, spits, punt [fabae; montium];
2. (metaf.) top, hoogtepunt; ➤ summum ~ fortunae; ~ honoris;
3. nok, dak [aedis; templi];
4. (meton.) hut, huis;
5. hoop, stapel.

culmen , inis. n.
房頂。頂。莖。禾草。— fabae 蚕豆草。Summum — hominis 人頭。

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, Tectum domus, nostris Comble. Gloss. Lat. Græc. : Culmen, ὀροφή. Servius ad Ecl. 1. Culmen dici ait tectum, quod veteres ædificia culmis tegerent, id est, paleis e messibus. Ita etiam Iso Magister in Glossis ad Prudentium. Lex Bajuvar. tit. 9. de Incendio domorum, cap. 1. § 2 : De scuria vero liberi, si conclusa parietibus, et pessulis cum clave munita fuerit, cum 12. sol. Culmen componat. Cap. 6 : Si quis..... liberi Culmen ejecerit, domino domus cum 40. sol. componat. § 2. Si eam columnam, a qua Culmen sustentatum... ejecerit, etc. Beda in Vita sancti Cuthberti Episc. Lindisfarn. n. 29 : Culmina vero (habitaculo) de lignis informibus et fœno superposuit. Charta Edgari filii Malcolmi Regis Scotor. tom. 1. Monastici Anglic. pag. 45 : Quæ (Ecclesia) cum per 15. annos deserta sine tecto durasset, eam Monachi Culmine imposito revocaverunt, et per tres annos possederunt. , Titulus honorarius summorum Magistratuum, qui crebro occurrit in Constitutionibus Impp. in utroque Codice. Culmen regium, in Chronico Andreæ Danduli, apud Murator. tom. 12. col. 493. et 494. , Culmus, calamus, Gallis, Chaume. Tabularium S. Egidii Pontis Audomari : Habet.... unam dietam ad garbas quadrigandum, unam ad poma terendum, unam ad Culmen colligendum.

, Altar. Ermold. Nigell. Carm. de Ludov. Pio lib. 4. tom. 6. Collect. Histor. Franc. pag. 65 : Tramite more hominis nam Culmina cetera poscunt, Ore sonant verba, ordine dantque preces.

culmen inis, n

for columen, the top, summit, roof, gable: mersae culmina villae, O.: tuguri, V.: aedis, L.: culmina hominum, deorum, i. e. of houses and temples, V.: Alpium, Cs.: summum hominis, the crown of the head, L.: inane fabae, the leafless stalk, O.—Fig., the summit, height, point of culmination: fortunae, L.: ruit a culmine Troia, V.

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