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語源

From French acrotère, from Latin acrōtērium, from Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion), from ἄκρος (ákros) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion). Doublet of acroterium.

発音

• IPA: /ˈækɹətə(ɹ)/

名詞

acroter (plural acroters)

1. (architecture) An acroterium.
   • 2007, Galila El Kadi, Alain Bonnamy, Architecture for the Dead : Cairo's Medieval Necropolis, page 191:

     It is a very elegant building, with four supporting Tuscan columns on pedestals, a cornice with a carved wooden valance, and an acroter with square pear-shaped balusters continuing round to the outer wall

参照

• “acroter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Carreto, Cerrato, Creator, creator, reactor