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.
Example Sentences
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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
To these columns there is entablament, and above that a gallery with acroteria, where are placed very spacious and ornamental vases all round the cupola.
From London in 1731 by Don Manoel Gonzales
The acroteria were ornaments placed above the centre of the pediments.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
The relief is bounded by pilasters, surmounted by a pediment with acroteria.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
It covered the cornice of the sides, completely bounded the pedimental space, above and below, and finally Page 33 crowned the whole structure in the acroteria.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
