acroterion
Americannoun
PLURAL
acroteriaEtymology
Origin of acroterion
< Greek akrōtḗrion topmost part, extremity, equivalent to akrō- acro- + -tērion suffix designating a place for
Example Sentences
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They may glance up and catch sight of the acroterion on the roof.
From The Guardian
The figures which stood on each side of the east acroterion, are shown by the surviving fragments to have been similar to those of the western end, but were on a rather larger scale.
From Project Gutenberg
For an example of a complete acroterion, see that from Eleusis, No. 438.
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Plain stel� of Hippocrates and Baukis; surmounted by an acroterion in low relief, of palmette form.
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Fragment of a plain stel�, surmounted by an acroterion, in the form of a palmette in low relief, springing from acanthus leaves.
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