ἀκροθίνιον

* ἀκροθίνιον, -ου, τό

(< ἄκρος, θίς, a heap),

prop., the top of a heap, hence, in pl.,

1. first-fruits (Xen.; MM, VGT, s.v.).

2. In war, the choicest spoils (cf. Hdt., viii, 121 f.): He 7:4.†