Acroteria, orum, n. g. The ertreme partes of a mans bodie, as the singers endes. Also pinnacles, battlements, and Images set on buttresses, to garnish buildings. Also, the stemme, derking, or garnishing of shippes.Acrothorax.One halfe druncke.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ăcrōtērĭa, ōrum, n., = a)krwth/ria, the projecting or extreme part of a thing.I.Of a harbor, Vitr. 5, 12.—II. In architecture, the projecting parts of a pediment, serving as a support for figures or statues, Vitr. 3, 5, 12 sq.; cf. Müll. Arch. 284.