fastigium
Americannoun
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fastigiums,
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fastigia
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Etymology
Origin of fastigium
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1670–80
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Frontal fastigium: in Orthoptera, that process of the face extending dorsad between the antennae and meeting or nearly meeting the fastigium of the vertex in Tettigidae.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
From the palace at the northeast corner of the Palatine, he crossed the roof of the templum divi Augusti, then the fastigium basilicæ Juliæ, and lastly the Temple of Saturn close to the Capitolium.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
It was said of old, "ὁτι scientiæ fundamentum, διὁτι fastigium."
From What is Darwinism? by Charles Hodge
According to the researches of Thomas, Squire, and Wunderlich, as abstracted by Seguin, the fever of the eruptive period is divided into a moderately febrile stage and the fastigium or acme.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
I have attempted to present in prominent points, passing per fastigia rerum, the worth, the work, the duty, and the honor which fill out "the sustained dignity of this stately life."
From Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase Delivered by William M. Evarts before the Alumni of Dartmouth College, at Hanover by William Maxwell Evarts
The phrase hinc et fastigia templorum orla, has been bracketed by some editors because they could not believe the fact which it stated.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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