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‖ fastigium|fæˈstɪdʒɪəm|
[L.]
1. The apex or summit; spec. in Arch. the ridge of a house.
1677Hale Contempl. ii. 125, I have now arrived to the very Fastigium, the very highest point of this Mountain. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Fastigium, the top or height of any Thing: In Architecture, the ridge of a House. 1825W. Hamilton Hand-bk. Terms Arts & Sc.. Fastigium..the summit, apex or ridge of a house, or pediment.
2. The gable end (of a roof); a pediment.
1849J. Weale Dict. Terms, Fastigium, the pediment of a portico. 1876in Gwilt Archit. Gloss.
3. a. Pathol. The acme or highest state of intensity (of a disease). b. Anat. (see quot. 1884).
1876Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 619 The period of the fastigium, the complete development of the fever. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Fastigium, the upper and posterior angle of the fourth ventricle lying between the upper border of the posterior medullary velum and the posterior border of the anterior medullary velum. |