akroterium
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion). First attested in 1885.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.krɔˈtɛ.rjum/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrjum
- Syllabification: a‧kro‧te‧rium
Noun
akroterium n
- (architecture) acroterium
- Synonyms: akroterion, naszczytnik
Declension
Declension of akroterium
References
- ^ Kazimierz Kleczkowski (1885) Analiza kształtów architektury. Cz. 1[1], page 58
- ^ akroterium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
- akroterium in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akroterium”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 19