acroterion
noun
acroteria
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pluralof acroterion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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pluralof acroterium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
acroteriumnouna pedestal for a sculpture or ornament at each base or at the apex of a pediment.
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Above, a pediment with acroteria and a rosette; also an honorary wreath.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
Above is a pediment with acroteria and rosettes.—Kertch.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
The latter figure, which is repeated on the acroteria, as the gable platforms are called, of all the palaces of the main group, is by Louis Ulrich of New York.
From The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Louis Christian Mullgardt
The relief is surmounted by a pediment with acroteria and a rosette.—Perhaps from Smyrna.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
The acroteria at the corners have the height of the centre of the tympanum, and those in the middle are one eighth part higher than those at the corners.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
