different between pediment vs fastigium

English

Etymology

From the earlier form peremint, perhaps a dialectal alteration of pyramid, under the influence of -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?d.?.m?nt/
• Rhymes: -?d?m?nt

Noun

pediment (plural pediments)

1. (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton.

Related terms

• frontispiece
• tympanum

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin fastigium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæs?t?d?.i.?m/

Noun

fastigium (plural fastigia)

1. An apex or summit; culmination.
2. (architecture) A pediment or gable end.
3. (pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *farstjagjom, from Proto-Indo-European *b?érstis, from *b?ers- (“tip”). Compare Middle Irish brostaim (“I goad, spur”), English bristle, Polish barszcz (“hogweed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fas?ti?.?i.um/, [fäs??t?i??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fas?ti.d??i.um/, [f?s?t?i?d??ium]

Noun

fast?gium n (genitive fast?gi? or fast?g?); second declension

1. peak, summit, top
2. slope, declivity, descent
3. gable
4. sharp point
5. highlight (of a story or poem)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• fast?g?

Descendants

• French: faîte (partially)
• Spanish: hastial
• ? Portuguese: fastígio
• ? Spanish: fastigio

References

• fastigium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fastigium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fastigium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fastigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fastigium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fastigium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin