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acroteria

acroteria · n

the projecting

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Where it lives

De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k

What it meant

ăcrōtērĭa — Lewis & Short

ăcrōtērĭa, ōrum, n., = a)krwth/ria,

I the projecting or extreme part of a thing.

I Of a harbor, Vitr. 5, 12.—

II In architecture, the projecting parts of a pediment, serving as a support for figures or statues, Vitr. 3, 5, 12 sq.; cf. Müll. Arch. § 284.

In the wild

acroteria Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.12.1
acroteria Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.13
acroteria Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.12

Where it came from

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