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fastīgĭum , ii, n. cf. Sanscr. bhrshtīs, corner, rim; Gr. ἄ-φλαστον, aplustria, the ornamented stern of a ship; O. H. Germ. brort, the prow,
I.the top of a gable, a gable end, pediment (syn.: cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).
B. Transf.
1. The extreme part, extremity of a thing, whether above or below.
b. The lower part, depth: forsitan et scrobibus quae sint fastigia, quaeres, what should be the depth of the trenches, Verg. G. 2, 288.—
2. (From the sloping form of the gable.) A slope, declivity, descent: “ab oppido declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat,Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 5: “jugum paulo leniore fastigio,id. ib. 2, 24, 3: “iniquum loci ad declivitatem fastigium,id. B. G. 7, 85, 4: “rupes leniore submissa fastigio,Curt. 6, 6, 11: “capreoli molli fastigio,Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3; 2, 24, 3: “musculi,id. ib. 2, 11, 1: “scrobes paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio,” i. e. gradually narrowing from top to bottom, id. B. G. 7, 73, 5; cf.: “si (fossa) fastigium habet, ut (aqua) exeat e fundo,Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 2.—
3. In the later grammarians, an accent placed over a word, Mart. Cap. 3, § 264; § 268 al.; Diom. p. 428 P.
II. Trop.
B. A leading or chief point, head in a discourse; a principal sort or kind (rare): “summa sequar fastigia rerum,Verg. A. 1, 342: “e quibus tribus fastigiis (agrorum) simplicibus,sorts, kinds, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 2: “propter haec tria fastigia formae discrimina quaedam fiunt sationum,id. ib. 1, 5: “haec atque hujuscemodi tria fastigia agri, etc.,id. ib. 1, 6, 6; cf. “also: quo fastigio sit fundus,id. ib. 1, 20 fin. (and v. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 223): “laudem relego fastigia summa,Prisc. Laud. Anast. 148.
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