Definitions for acroterion

acroterion ac·ro·te·ri·on

Spelling: [ak-ruh-teer-ee-on, -ee-uh n]
IPA: /ˌæk rəˈtɪər iˌɒn, -i ən/

Acroterion is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 652 anagrams from letters in acroterion (aceinoorrt).

Definitions for acroterion

noun

  1. acroterium.

Origin of acroterion

Greek akrōtḗrion topmost part, extremity, equivalent to akrō- acro- + -tērion suffix designating a place for

Examples for acroterion

acroterion, from a stel, of palmette form, springing from acanthus leaves.

Top of stel, with acanthus leaves forming the base of the acroterion.

Plain stel of Hippocrates and Baukis; surmounted by an acroterion in low relief, of palmette form.

The acroterion, which originally surmounted the east pediment, was larger and more important than that of the west.

Stel, with two rosettes in front and one at each side; surmounted by acroterion.

Antefixal ornament or acroterion from the temple of Demeter at Eleusis.

Fragment of a plain stel, surmounted by an acroterion, in the form of a palmette in low relief, springing from acanthus leaves.

The acroterion; the figures beside it; the lions, and the Gryphons here exhibited, are repetitions of those of the west pediment.

Two rosettes in front and one on each side; above an acroterion, of which the top is wanting.

Above, an acroterion, formed of acanthus leaves and palmette combined (fig. 24).

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