Spanish: acroteraEnglish translation: acroterium / acroterion 
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Architecture | | Spanish term or phrase: acrotera | ARQUITECTURA IGLESIAS COLONIALES
ACROTERA.- Pedestal que sirve de remate en los frontones, sobre los cuales suelen colocarse estatuas, macetones u otro adornos, se ubican en la cornisa o sobre el techo. |
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Politécnico Beigbeder
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-01-27 17:34:21 GMT)
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http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/a/acro.html
Blocks resting on the vertex and lower extremities of the pediment to support statuary or ornaments; an ornamental corner piece or cresting
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Note added at 3 hrs 46 mins (2005-01-27 21:15:19 GMT)
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Actually, I think Ernesto is right, acroterium is more commonb, though they are synonys. Webster\'s 3rd:
ac£ro£te£ri£on
Pronunciation:*akr**tir***n, -**n
Variant:or ac£ro£te£ri£um \\-**m\\ ; or ak£ro£te£ri£on \\-***n, -**n\\ ; or ac£ro£ter also ak£ro£ter \\*akr*t*(r)\\
Function:noun
Inflected Form:plural acrote£ria or akrote£ria \\*akr**tir**\\ ; or acroters also akroters \\*akr*t*(r)z\\
Etymology:acroterion, akroterion from Greek akr*t*rion, from akros topmost, extreme; akin to Greek ak* point; acroterium from Latin, from Greek akr*t*rion; acroter, akroter from French acrot*re, from Latin acroterium * more at EDGE
: a pedestal placed on a pediment to support a statue or other ornamentation; also : an ornament similarly placed (as on the prow of a galley) |
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David Russi
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| acroterion
Explanation:
Politécnico Beigbeder
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-01-27 17:34:21 GMT)
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http://ah.bfn.org/a/DCTNRY/a/acro.html
Blocks resting on the vertex and lower extremities of the pediment to support statuary or ornaments; an ornamental corner piece or cresting
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Note added at 3 hrs 46 mins (2005-01-27 21:15:19 GMT)
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Actually, I think Ernesto is right, acroterium is more commonb, though they are synonys. Webster\'s 3rd:
ac£ro£te£ri£on
Pronunciation:*akr**tir***n, -**n
Variant:or ac£ro£te£ri£um \\-**m\\ ; or ak£ro£te£ri£on \\-***n, -**n\\ ; or ac£ro£ter also ak£ro£ter \\*akr*t*(r)\\
Function:noun
Inflected Form:plural acrote£ria or akrote£ria \\*akr**tir**\\ ; or acroters also akroters \\*akr*t*(r)z\\
Etymology:acroterion, akroterion from Greek akr*t*rion, from akros topmost, extreme; akin to Greek ak* point; acroterium from Latin, from Greek akr*t*rion; acroter, akroter from French acrot*re, from Latin acroterium * more at EDGE
: a pedestal placed on a pediment to support a statue or other ornamentation; also : an ornament similarly placed (as on the prow of a galley)
| David Russi
United States
Native speaker of:  English, Spanish
PRO pts in category: 56
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