metope
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- metopa (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin metopa and its source, Hellenistic Greek μετόπη (metópē), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “meta-”) + ὀπή (opḗ, “hole”).
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Noun[edit]
metope (plural metopes)
- (architecture) The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
- 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 117:
- There's a second plate of that metope that shows the full figures of both Perseus and Medusa and includes the winged horse Pegasus that was born of Medusa's blood.
- 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 117:
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