stylobate

English

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 or stylobata)

1. (Classical Greek architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.

Translations

top step of the crepidoma

• Catalan: estilòbata (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柱座 (zhùzuò)

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

See also

• stylobate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia