‖ fastigium
(fæˈstɪdʒɪəm)
[L.]
1. The apex or summit; spec. in Arch. the ridge of a house.
| 1677 Hale Contempl. ii. 125, I have now arrived to the very Fastigium, the very highest point of this Mountain. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Fastigium, the top or height of any Thing: In Architecture, the ridge of a House. 1825 W. 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.
| 1849 J. Weale Dict. Terms, Fastigium, the pediment of a portico. 1876 in Gwilt Archit. Gloss. |
3. a. Pathol. The acme or highest state of intensity (of a disease). b. Anat. (see quot. 1884).
| 1876 Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 619 The period of the fastigium, the complete development of the fever. 1884 Syd. 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. |