fastigium
/fæˈstɪdʒiəm/
noun
- The highest point or peak of something, such as a disease, fever, or career.
- The patient's fever reached its fastigium late in the evening.
- Her fastigium as a novelist came with the publication of her third book.
- The fastigium of the epidemic occurred in early winter before cases began to decline.
- The top or ridge of a roof or a gable.
- Birds often perched on the fastigium of the barn.
- The fastigium of the ancient temple was decorated with carved figures.
- The architect designed a steep fastigium to shed heavy snow.