Associations to the word «Antefix»

Wiktionary

ANTEFIX, noun. (architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
ANTEFIX, noun. (architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.

Dictionary definition

ANTEFIX, noun. Carved ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the joints between tiles.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca