(Cæsar, c. 81) expresses it by the Latin word "fastigium," and also. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives Volume III.] Reference
The altars of the basilicas erected by Constantine at Rome were surmounted by ciboria, one of which, in the Lateran, was known as a fastigium and is described with some detail in the "Liber Pontificalis". From Wordnik.com. [New Liturgical Movement] Reference
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 Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Median carina: Orthoptera; of head, is usually applied to a median dorsal carina, but has been also used for that which extends down the middle of front from the fastigium, and then = frontal costa: of prothorax, extends along the middle of pronotum. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
New words are memorised on a daily basis (forming the book's chapter headings, including autarky, decollation, fastigium and quidnunc), people are slotted into different categories like so many enzymes in a petri-dish. From Wordnik.com. [SpikeMagazine.com] Reference
Suum quoque fastigium Agrippina extoUere altius. From Wordnik.com. [C. Cornelii Taciti Opera] Reference
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