ἀκρωτήριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἄκρος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[topmost]] or [[prominent]] [[part]], <b class="b3">ἀκρωτήριον τοῦ οὔρεος</b> [[mountain]] [[peak]], Hdt.7.217, cf. Pi.''O.''9.7; of a [[cup]], [[project]]ing [[part]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1024a25.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cape]], [[promontory]], Hdt.4.43, Th.1.30.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[end]] or [[extremity]] of anything, <b class="b3">ἀκρωτήριον νεός</b> [[ornament]] of [[ship]]'s [[stern]]-[[post]] or [[stem]]-[[post]], Hdt.8.121, cf. X.''HG''2.3.8, Polyaen.5.41, ''Michel'' 1116 (Delph.); ἀκρωτήρια πρύμνης ''h.Hom.''33.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in plural, [[ἀκρωτήρια]] = [[extremity|extremities]] of [[body]], [[hand]]s and [[feet]], [[finger]]s and [[toe]]s, Hp.''Aph.''7.1, ''Acut.'' 59, Th.2.49, Lys.6.26; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀκρωτήρια τῆς Νίκης</b> her [[wing]]s, D.24.121, cf.''IG''2.652A23: sg., Arist.''GA''772b36.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in temples, etc., statues or ornaments placed on the angles of a pediment, Pl.''Criti.''116d, ''SIG''80 (Olymp.), ''IG''4.1484.102 (Epid.); generally, [[pediment]], Plu.''Caes.''63.