acroterium

Betekenis (Engels)

1. One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
2. One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

Sinonieme

acroterion

acroter

foreland

mull

promontory

headland

cape

Vertalings

acrotério

acrotère

Akroterion

akroterion

acrotera

acrotèrio

acroteri

acroterie

acroterium

acroterio

acroterium

Akroter

Akroterie

ακρωτήριο

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌækɹəˈtɪəɹi.əm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin acrōtērium, from Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion); related to ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, at the extremity”).