[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- In ancient Greece: a statue with the head and extremities made of stone and the trunk usually of wood.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century. From classical Latin acrolithos (Vitruvius), acrolithus (attested in an inscription) having extremities of marble from Hellenistic Greek ἀκρόλιθος having the ends of stone from ancient Greek ἄκρο- + λίθος stone; originally after German Akrolith