ἀκρωτήριον

A. 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 ship's 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 2.652: 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.