acroterium

English

Alternative forms

acroterion

Etymology

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

Noun

acroterium (plural acroteria)

(architecture) 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.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

Translations

small pedestal for a statue or ornament

Latvian: akrotērijs m

Portuguese: acrotério m

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