acroterionn.

Brit.

/akrə(ʊ)ˈtɪərɪən/, U.S.

/ˌækrəˈtɪriən/

Inflections: Plural acroteria, acroterions, acroteriums.

Forms: 1600s– acroteria (plural), 1700s– acroterion, 1700s– acroterium, 1800s– akroterion.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acrōtērium; Greek ἀκρωτήριον.

Etymology: < classical Latin acrōtērium ornament on the angle of a pediment, projection acting as a breakwater, in post-classical Latin also (in plural) extremities of the body (1688 or earlier) and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον summit or extremity, statue or ornament placed on the angle of a pedestal, (in plural) extremities of the body, hands and feet, in Hellenistic Greek also pediment < ἄκρος extreme, endmost, highest (see acro- comb. form) + -τήριον , suffix forming nouns. Compare acroter n., and also acroteria n.

1. Architecture.

a. A pedestal on the centre or side of a pediment on which a statue or other ornament is placed. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pedestal: general uses

pedestal1563

footstall1585

acroterion1664

acroteriaa1697

piedouche1704

postament1738

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 At each Angle of this, stood smaller Pedistals, for the placing of Statues, Busts, Vrnes, Lamps of Fire, Pine Cones, Bowles, or the like Ornaments, and these Stylobata were call'd Acroteria.

1726 E. Stone New Math. Dict. Acroterions are little Pedestals, usually without Bases, placed at the two Extreams, and on the Middle of Pediments.

?1756 T. Osborne Eng. Archit. i. ii. 4/2 Each acroterion supports the figure of an apostle.

1762 J. Stuart Antiq. Athens I. i. 2 There was certainly one [statue] erected on each Acroterium.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 886 Acroteria, the pedestals, often without base or cornice, placed on the centre and sides of pediments for the reception of figures.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 292 The acroteria of tombs were coloured blue and green.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 411/2 Terminates in a foliated and heliced acroterium.

1896 E. Robinson Mus. Fine Arts Boston Catal. Casts Part III (rev. ed.) 174 Fragment of the Akroterion which surmounted the western end of the Parthenon.

1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) 507/1 (Gloss.) Acroterion , foliage-carved block on the end or top of a classical pediment.

1990 House & Garden Nov. 137/1 Everything, from the rosettes that frame the doorway on the tower down to the acroteria and griffins that adorn the pediments, has been designed by Shoup himself.

2009 Victorian Mar. 21/4 A wooden superstructure supported on elaborately turned posts with miniature acroteria.

b. An ornamental statue or carving placed on the centre and sides of a pediment, or at the upper corner of a building, tower, pillar, etc.

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

1842 Encycl. Brit. III. 464/1 Acroterium, a statue or ornament of any kind placed on the apex of a pediment. The term is often incorrectly restricted to the plinth, which forms the podium merely for the acroterium.

1862 J. Fergusson Hist. Mod. Styles Archit. Introd. 16 Unfortunately the mania for the ‘Orders’ left no place for statues, except as acroteria above the roof.

1917 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 21 215 The acroteria at the sides were quadrigae, the central acroterium a standing figure.

1932 J. D. Beazley & B. Ashmole Greek Sculpt. & Painting (1966) 15 The Nike has sometimes been classified as a free statue, but it is really..an acroterion.

1992 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 27 Dec. c8/1 The molding and brackets aren't much to look at but the acroterion, a sculptural cornerpiece, is a beaut.

1993 J. Bromwich Rom. Remains Southern France 96 The roof itself is modern and lacks..the bronze corner acroterions.

2006 C. Lawton Marbleworkers Athenian Agora 43 Marble akroteria, statues that stood on the apex or corners of the roof of a building.

†2. Architecture. A pinnacle or other ornament forming part of a range on the horizontal coping or parapet of a building. Chiefly in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments

pommela1300

crest1430

finial1448

balloon1592

brattishingc1593

knob1610

cartouche1611

ogive1611

fret1626

galace1663

acroterion1664

paternoster1728

semi-urn1742

patera1776

purfling1780

sailing course1807

vesica piscis (also piscium)1809

antefix1819

vesica1820

garland1823

stop1825

Aaron's rod1830

headwork1831

Vitruvian scroll1837

hip knob1838

stelea1840

ball-flower1840

notch-head1843

brandishing1846

buckle1848

cat's-head1848

bucrane1854

cresting1869

semi-ball1875

canephorus1880

crest-board1881

wave pattern1905

husk1934

foliate head1939

green man1939

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 Pinnae and Batlements were made sometimes more sharp, Towring or Spiry, as pleased the Workman; but where they stood in ranges (as not unfrequently) with Rail and Balausters upon flat Buildings, they still retain'd their name, with this only difference, that such as were plac'd between the Angular points were (like ranges of Pillars) styl'd the Median or middle Acroteria.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Acroteria, in Architecture are those sharp and spiry Battlements or Pinnacles, that stand in ranges, with Rails and Balasters upon flat Buildings.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 886 The word acroterium..has been [used] for the pinnacles or other ornaments which stand in ranges on the horizontal coping or parapets of buildings.

†3. In plural. The extremities of the body, esp. the hands and feet. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Acroteria, the utmost parts of a Man's Body, as his Fingers-ends.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Acroteria growing cold in acute distempers, is held a prognostic of death.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	acroterion
释义	acroterionn. Brit. /akrə(ʊ)ˈtɪərɪən/, U.S. /ˌækrəˈtɪriən/ Inflections: Plural acroteria, acroterions, acroteriums. Forms: 1600s– acroteria (plural), 1700s– acroterion, 1700s– acroterium, 1800s– akroterion. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acrōtērium; Greek ἀκρωτήριον. Etymology: < classical Latin acrōtērium ornament on the angle of a pediment, projection acting as a breakwater, in post-classical Latin also (in plural) extremities of the body (1688 or earlier) and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον summit or extremity, statue or ornament placed on the angle of a pedestal, (in plural) extremities of the body, hands and feet, in Hellenistic Greek also pediment < ἄκρος extreme, endmost, highest (see acro- comb. form) + -τήριον , suffix forming nouns. Compare acroter n., and also acroteria n. 1. Architecture. a. A pedestal on the centre or side of a pediment on which a statue or other ornament is placed. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > pedestal: general uses pedestal1563 footstall1585 acroterion1664 acroteriaa1697 piedouche1704 postament1738 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 At each Angle of this, stood smaller Pedistals, for the placing of Statues, Busts, Vrnes, Lamps of Fire, Pine Cones, Bowles, or the like Ornaments, and these Stylobata were call'd Acroteria. 1726 E. Stone New Math. Dict. Acroterions are little Pedestals, usually without Bases, placed at the two Extreams, and on the Middle of Pediments. ?1756 T. Osborne Eng. Archit. i. ii. 4/2 Each acroterion supports the figure of an apostle. 1762 J. Stuart Antiq. Athens I. i. 2 There was certainly one [statue] erected on each Acroterium. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 886 Acroteria, the pedestals, often without base or cornice, placed on the centre and sides of pediments for the reception of figures. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 292 The acroteria of tombs were coloured blue and green. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 411/2 Terminates in a foliated and heliced acroterium. 1896 E. Robinson Mus. Fine Arts Boston Catal. Casts Part III (rev. ed.) 174 Fragment of the Akroterion which surmounted the western end of the Parthenon. 1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) 507/1 (Gloss.) Acroterion , foliage-carved block on the end or top of a classical pediment. 1990 House & Garden Nov. 137/1 Everything, from the rosettes that frame the doorway on the tower down to the acroteria and griffins that adorn the pediments, has been designed by Shoup himself. 2009 Victorian Mar. 21/4 A wooden superstructure supported on elaborately turned posts with miniature acroteria. b. An ornamental statue or carving placed on the centre and sides of a pediment, or at the upper corner of a building, tower, pillar, etc. 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 1842 Encycl. Brit. III. 464/1 Acroterium, a statue or ornament of any kind placed on the apex of a pediment. The term is often incorrectly restricted to the plinth, which forms the podium merely for the acroterium. 1862 J. Fergusson Hist. Mod. Styles Archit. Introd. 16 Unfortunately the mania for the ‘Orders’ left no place for statues, except as acroteria above the roof. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 21 215 The acroteria at the sides were quadrigae, the central acroterium a standing figure. 1932 J. D. Beazley & B. Ashmole Greek Sculpt. & Painting (1966) 15 The Nike has sometimes been classified as a free statue, but it is really..an acroterion. 1992 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 27 Dec. c8/1 The molding and brackets aren't much to look at but the acroterion, a sculptural cornerpiece, is a beaut. 1993 J. Bromwich Rom. Remains Southern France 96 The roof itself is modern and lacks..the bronze corner acroterions. 2006 C. Lawton Marbleworkers Athenian Agora 43 Marble akroteria, statues that stood on the apex or corners of the roof of a building. †2. Architecture. A pinnacle or other ornament forming part of a range on the horizontal coping or parapet of a building. Chiefly in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments pommela1300 crest1430 finial1448 balloon1592 brattishingc1593 knob1610 cartouche1611 ogive1611 fret1626 galace1663 acroterion1664 paternoster1728 semi-urn1742 patera1776 purfling1780 sailing course1807 vesica piscis (also piscium)1809 antefix1819 vesica1820 garland1823 stop1825 Aaron's rod1830 headwork1831 Vitruvian scroll1837 hip knob1838 stelea1840 ball-flower1840 notch-head1843 brandishing1846 buckle1848 cat's-head1848 bucrane1854 cresting1869 semi-ball1875 canephorus1880 crest-board1881 wave pattern1905 husk1934 foliate head1939 green man1939 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 140 Pinnae and Batlements were made sometimes more sharp, Towring or Spiry, as pleased the Workman; but where they stood in ranges (as not unfrequently) with Rail and Balausters upon flat Buildings, they still retain'd their name, with this only difference, that such as were plac'd between the Angular points were (like ranges of Pillars) styl'd the Median or middle Acroteria. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Acroteria, in Architecture are those sharp and spiry Battlements or Pinnacles, that stand in ranges, with Rails and Balasters upon flat Buildings. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 886 The word acroterium..has been [used] for the pinnacles or other ornaments which stand in ranges on the horizontal coping or parapets of buildings. †3. In plural. The extremities of the body, esp. the hands and feet. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Acroteria, the utmost parts of a Man's Body, as his Fingers-ends. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The Acroteria growing cold in acute distempers, is held a prognostic of death. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664
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