ἀκρωτήριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἄκρος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[topmost]] or [[prominent part]], <b class="b3">ἀκρωτήριον τοῦ οὔρεος</b> [[mountain]] [[peak]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.217</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.7</span>; of a [[cup]], [[project]]ing [[part]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1024a25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cape]], [[promontory]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.43</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><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]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.121</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Polyaen.5.41</span>, <span class="title">Michel</span> 1116 (Delph.); ἀκρωτήρια πρύμνης <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>33.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl.,  [[ἀκρωτήρια]] = [[extremity|extremities]] of [[body]], [[hand]]s and [[feet]], [[finger]]s and [[toe]]s, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Acut.</span> 59</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.6.26</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀκρωτήρια τῆς Νίκης</b> her [[wing]]s, <span class="bibl">D.24.121</span>, cf.<span class="title">IG</span>2.652<span class="hiitalic">A</span>23: sg., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>772b36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in temples, etc., statues or ornaments placed on the angles of a pediment, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>116d</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>80 (Olymp.), <span class="title">IG</span>4.1484.102 (Epid.); generally, [[pediment]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>63</span>.</span>