fastigo

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

  1. to sharpen to a point
  2. to slope up or down, to a point
  3. 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