fastigatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fastīgātĭo, ōnis, f. [fastigo],

a sharpening to a point , pointing (post-Aug. and very rare): ut fastigatio laevi descendat cuneo, Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 106: recta, Ap. Flor. 2, 364.