fastigium

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F litteram imum labium superis imprimentibus dentibus, reflexa ad palati fastigium lingua, leni spiramine proferemus.

From The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it by Lord, Frances Ellen

Tibi debetur ruina proterui proditoris illius, quondam publici hostis nostri, qui regni fastigium quod mihi et de genere meo propagatis iure debetur hereditario, tam impudenter quam imprudenter, contra leges et ius gentium usurpare moliebatur.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

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

It was said of old, "ὁτι scientiæ fundamentum, διὁτι fastigium."

From What is Darwinism? by Hodge, Charles

Claudianus certe istud fastigium non attingit, & quod in Maroniana dictione, in illa periodorum ac numerorum varietate præclarum putamus, vix est, ut ejus vel levem umbram ostentet.

From Letters Concerning Poetical Translations And Virgil's and Milton's Arts of Verse, &c. by Benson, William