ἀκροστόλιον

A. terminal ornament of ship (cf. ἄφλαστον), crowning either the stern-post, Ptol. Alm. 8.1; or more commonly, the stem-post, Callix. 1, Plu. Demetr. 43; taken as trophy, Str. 3.4.3, D.S. 18.75, Plu. Alc. 32, App. Mith. 25, Polyaen. 4.6.9.