Etymology

acroterium

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Latin acrōtērium ← Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀκρωτήριον
  2. Latin · borrowed fromacrōtērium
  3. English todayacroterium

From Latin acrōtērium, from Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion); related to ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, at the extremity”). By surface analysis, acro- + Latin -tērium. Fully Latinized form. Doublet of acroter.

Words from the same roots

Latinacrōtērium all →

acroter

Ancient Greekἀκρωτήριον all →

acroteracroteric

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