acroter (akroter)

Same as acroterium. acroteral (ak-rō-teral), a. Same as acroterial. acroteria, n. Plural of acroterium. acroterial (ak-rō-tē'ri-al), a. [ IMG:content-0214.jpg:[graphic] Acroteria. Hypothetical restoration of the gate of the Agora of Athena Arc he get is at Athens. acroterium (ak-rō-tē'ri-um), n.; pl. acroteria (-a). [L., Gr. ἀκρωτήριον, pl. άκρωτήρια, any topmost or prominent part, the end or extremity, in pl. the extremities of the body, the angles of a pediment, IMG:content-0215.png:[graphic] Acroterium.- Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens. the anthemia of Greek tombstones or the decorations of some modern architectural balustrades. Compare antefix. Also called acroter. acrostical (a-kros'ti-kal), a. Same as acrostic1. [Rare or unused.] acrostically (a-kros'ti-kal-i), adv. In the manacrothymion, acrothymium (ak-rō-thim'i-on, ner of an acrostic. acrostic ism (a-kros'ti-sizm), n. [ acrostic1 + -ism.] Acrostic arrangement or character. ostic arrangement acrostolium (ak-ro-stoli-um), n.; pl. acrostolia (-a). [NL., Gr. Gr. ἀκροστόλιον, defined as the same as ἄφλαστον , L. aplustre , which, however, referred to the stern of a ship (see aplustre ); also the gunwale of a ship, prop. the extremity of the ship's beak; άκρος , at the end, + στόλος , 2 Acrostolium. a ship's beak, an appendage, -um), n.; pl. acrothymia (-a). [NL., broad top, compared by Celsus to the flower of thyme. Also called thymus.