cymatium

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English

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Etymology

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From the Latin cȳmatium (an ogee”, “an Ionic volute), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, wave”, “billow), whence cyma.

Noun

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cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia)

  1. (architecture) A molding on the cornice.
  2. (architecture) A type of molding that is wavelike in form.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κυμάτιον (kumátion, small wave).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cȳmatium n (genitive cȳmatiī or cȳmatī); second declension

  1. (architecture) The volute of an Ionic column
  2. (architecture) A channel, a waved molding, an ogee

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cȳmatium cȳmatia
Genitive cȳmatiī
cȳmatī1
cȳmatiōrum
Dative cȳmatiō cȳmatiīs
Accusative cȳmatium cȳmatia
Ablative cȳmatiō cȳmatiīs
Vocative cȳmatium cȳmatia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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  • French: cimaise
  • Italian: cimasa

References

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  • cymatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cymatium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin