fastigium
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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 Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
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 Smith, John. B.