adjective greek

acrŏlĭthus

fem. acrŏlĭtha · neut. acrŏlĭthum

= ἀκρόλιθος (of stone at the extremity): statuae

statues whose extremities only consisted of marble; the remainder of wood

statues whose extremities only consisted of marble, the remainder of wood, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. c. 32 (in Vitr. 2, 8, 11 written as Greek); cf. Müll. Arch. § 48, 1; Winckelm. Hist. Art. 1, 2, 17.

Perseus ID: n592 Key: acrolithus