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ἀκρωτήριον

ἀκρωτήριον, cape, peak, extremity

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ἀκρωτήρια neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural of ἀκρωτήριον

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ἀκρωτήριον, τό, (ἄκρος)
  • topmost or prominent part, ἀ. τοῦ οὔρεος mountain peak, Hdt. 7.217, cf. Pi. O. 9.7; of a cup, projecting part, Arist. Metaph. 1024a25.
      • 2 cape, promontory, Hdt. 4.43, Th. 1.30.
    • II end or extremity of anything, ἀ. νεός ornament of shipʼs stern- or stem-post, Hdt. 8.121, cf. X. HG 2.3.8, Polyaen. 5.41, Michel 1116 (Delph.); ἀκρωτήρια πρύμνης h.Hom. 33.10.
      • 2 in pl., extremities of body, hands and feet, fingers and toes, Hp. Aph. 7.1, Acut. 59, Th. 2.49, Lys. 6.26; τὰ ἀ. τῆς Νίκης her wings, D. 24.121, cf. IG 2.652A23: sg., Arist. GA 772b36.
      • 3 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.

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