ac|ro|te|ri|um

ac|ro|te|ri|um «_AK ruh TIHR ee uhm», noun, plural -te|ri|a «-TIHR ee uh».

1. a) one of the angles of a pediment. b) an ornament erected on it.

2. a statue or ornament erected on a gable of a building.

3. the ornamented tip of the prow on a galley.

╂[< Latin acrōtērium < Greek akrōtērion summit < ákros tip, end]