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Latin
Etymology
From *farstis ("point, top") + -igō, the former from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *bʰérstis, from *bʰers- (“tip”). Confer fastus.
Pronunciation
Verb
fastīgō (present infinitive fastīgāre, perfect active fastīgāvī, supine fastīgātum); first conjugation
- to sharpen to a point
- to slope up or down, to a point
- to elevate or exalt
Conjugation
References
- “fastigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fastigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fastigo in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung