Editing Acroterion (section)

==Etymology==
The word comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''{{Transliteration|grc|akrōtḗrion}}'' ({{lang|grc|ἀκρωτήριον}} 'summit, extremity'), from the comparative form of the adjective [[wikt:ἄκρος|ἄκρος]], ("extreme", "endmost") + [[wikt:-τερος|-τερος]] (comparative suffix) + [[wikt:-ιον|-ιον]] (substantivizing neuter form of adjectival suffix [[wikt:-ιος|-ιος]]). It was [[Latinization (literature)|Latinized]] by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] as ''{{lang|la|acroterium}}''.<ref>{{OED|acroter}}</ref> ''Acroteria'' is the plural of both the original Greek<ref>{{cite web |title=Glossary of architectural terms |series=Greek Architecture  |website=McArver Ancient History |publisher=Porter-Gaud School |editor=McCarver |url=http://www.portergaud.edu/academic/faculty/mcarver/ancienthistory/greekarchitectureglossary.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908112246/http://www.portergaud.edu/academic/faculty/mcarver/ancienthistory/greekarchitectureglossary.html |archive-date=8 September 2006}}</ref> and the Latin form.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Acroterium |dictionary=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities |year=1875 |editor-last=Thayer |editor-first=Bill |first=Philip |last=Smith |publisher=University of Chicago |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Acroterium.html |access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>

According to Webb, during the [[Hellenistic period]] the winged victory or [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]] figure was considered to be "the most appropriate motif for figured akroteria.”<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Webb |first=Pamela A. |year=1996 |title=Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural motifs in western Anatolia and the Aegean islands |page=26 |publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press |place=Madison, Wisconsin}}</ref>