acroterium

American  

[ak-ruh-teer-ee-uhm] / ˌæk rəˈtɪər i əm /

noun

Architecture.

• acroteria
  plural

1. a pedestal for a sculpture or ornament at each base or at the apex of a pediment.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• acroteral
  adjective
• acroterial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• acroteria
  plural

Etymology

Origin of acroterium

Latinization of acroterion

Example Sentences

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The pediment and acroterium were adorned with statues—scarcely, however, to be distinguished at that distance.

From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by William Henry Giles Kingston

The gables are each crowned with a figure of Victory, sometimes called an "acroterium," from the architectural name of the tablet on which it stands.

From The Jewel City by Ben Macomber

An ever present feature, also, is the palmette acroterium, treated in conventional ceramic style.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

In the great acroterium of the Heraion, for example, the surface was first covered with a dark varnish-like coating on which the drawing was incised down to the original clay.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

The house had grown a story higher; and the tiled roof, now surmounted by a bronze acroterium, projected an intact outline against the light blue of the sky, where a few stars were growing pale.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier

We have also several figures of Victory, which probably were acroteria on some smaller temple, perhaps that of Artemis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Another important argument is furnished by the certain use of terracotta plates as acroteria.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

Of the pedimental figures and the acroteria considerable fragments have been recovered, and we may with confidence assume that at all events the models for these were by Timotheus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

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