acrolithn.

Brit.

/ˈakrəlɪθ/, U.S.

/ˈækrəˌlɪθ/

Forms: 1800s– acrolith, 1800s– akrolith.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Latin acrolithos, acrolithus.

Etymology: < classical Latin acrolithos (Vitruvius), acrolithus (attested in an inscription) having extremities of marble < Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόλιθος having the ends of stone < ancient Greek ἄκρο- acro- comb. form + λίθος stone (see -lith comb. form); originally after German Akrolith (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847). Compare earlier acrolithan adj., acrolithic adj.

Art History

In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other types of statue

Silenus?1543

round1634

polychrome1801

portrait statue1840

acroterion1842

magot1844

acrolith1847

tekoteko1848

petrifact1875

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §119. 81 The extremities are of marble after the manner of acroliths [Ger. Akrolithen].

1849 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. III. 250/1 The colossus..was an acrolith, the body being of wood gilt, and the face, hands, and feet, of Pentelic marble.

1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 543/2 Phidias executed two other thank-offerings for victory statues of the goddess Athene—one an acrolith for Plataea..and the other the familiar bronze colossus called Athene Promachos, or Champion.

1938 Hesperia 7 549/2 In confirmation of the theory that the head was part of an acrolith is the fact that no traces of a body or herm were found.

1988 Classical Rev. 38 348 She was an acrolith, made of perishable materials with only head, arms and feet in marble.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acrolith
释义	acrolithn. Brit. /ˈakrəlɪθ/, U.S. /ˈækrəˌlɪθ/ Forms: 1800s– acrolith, 1800s– akrolith. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Latin acrolithos, acrolithus. Etymology: < classical Latin acrolithos (Vitruvius), acrolithus (attested in an inscription) having extremities of marble < Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόλιθος having the ends of stone < ancient Greek ἄκρο- acro- comb. form + λίθος stone (see -lith comb. form); originally after German Akrolith (1835 in the passage translated in quot. 1847). Compare earlier acrolithan adj., acrolithic adj. Art History In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > other types of statue Silenus?1543 round1634 polychrome1801 portrait statue1840 acroterion1842 magot1844 acrolith1847 tekoteko1848 petrifact1875 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §119. 81 The extremities are of marble after the manner of acroliths [Ger. Akrolithen]. 1849 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. III. 250/1 The colossus..was an acrolith, the body being of wood gilt, and the face, hands, and feet, of Pentelic marble. 1882 Cent. Mag. Feb. 543/2 Phidias executed two other thank-offerings for victory statues of the goddess Athene—one an acrolith for Plataea..and the other the familiar bronze colossus called Athene Promachos, or Champion. 1938 Hesperia 7 549/2 In confirmation of the theory that the head was part of an acrolith is the fact that no traces of a body or herm were found. 1988 Classical Rev. 38 348 She was an acrolith, made of perishable materials with only head, arms and feet in marble. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1847
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