fastigium

[ fa-stij-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.

, plural fas·tig·i·ums, fas·tig·i·a [fa-, stij, -ee-, uh].

1. the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fastigium¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1670–80

Example Sentences

It was said of old, "ὁτι scientiæ fundamentum, διὁτι fastigium."

From Project Gutenberg

Fastigium: Orthoptera; the extreme point or front of vertex.

From Project Gutenberg

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