noun

cymatium

cymatium · cymatiums · cymatia

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A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike formA molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).

Meaning

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A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
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More definitions

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)

Translations

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By meaning 1

type of molding that is wavelike in form:

Origin

From Latin cȳmatium (“ogee”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive f

From Latin cȳmatium (“ogee”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”). Equivalent to Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ium, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).

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