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Etymology

 * According to Pokorny cognate with "hill", Latin  "hill", the sense of "topping, finishing" derives figuratively from the one of "top".
 * According to Strabο (Geographica 14:1:28), from as coming from the belief that the cavalry of Colophon was so excellent, that it always decided the contest.

Noun

 * 1) a summit, top, finishing
 * 2) a type of playing ball
 * 3)  jackdaw, daw, grackle
 * 4)  a type of sea fish