cymation
noun
cymatia
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pluralof cymation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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pluralof cymatium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
cymatiumnounthe uppermost member of a classical cornice or of a cornice of similar form: usually a cyma recta in classical examples.
Example Sentences
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So the corona with its cymatia is half a module in height.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Besides, there are fasciae running all round under the cymatia on the jambs, and apportioned so as to be equal to three sevenths of a jamb, excluding the cymatium.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
