cymatium

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia)

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cūmatium
• cȳmation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυμάτιον (kumátion, “small wave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kyːˈma.ti.um/, [kyːˈmät̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmat.t͡si.um/, [t͡ʃiˈmät̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

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

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

• Italian: cimasa

References

• “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