stylobate

English

Alternative forms

• stylobata

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stylobata, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης (stulobátēs), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go, to walk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪ.lə.beɪt/

Noun

stylobate (plural stylobates)

1. (Classical Greek architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.
   • 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 121:

     The bases of the columns and the plinths below them appear to be standing on pedestals, but this is only an illusion, for the stylobate [translating Sockel] has been cut through in five places, and through each gap five steps lead up between the columns.

Translations

top step of the crepidoma

• Catalan: estilòbata (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柱座 (zhùzuò)

• Finnish: stylobaatti (fi)
• French: stylobate (fr) m
• German: Stylobat (de) m
• Greek: στυλοβάτης (el) m (stylovátis)
• Hungarian: sztülobatész (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: estilóbata (pt) m
• Spanish: estilóbato (es) m

See also

• stylobate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

stylobate m (plural stylobates)

1. stylobate

Further reading

• “stylobate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.