cymatium

American  

[si-mey-shee-uhm, sahy-] / sɪˈmeɪ ʃi əm, saɪ- /

noun

Architecture.

cymatia plural

1. the uppermost member of a classical cornice or of a cornice of similar form: usually a cyma recta in classical examples.

2. echinus.

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cymatium British  

/ sɪˈmeɪtɪəm, -ʃɪəm /

noun

1. architect the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cymatia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cymatium

1555–65; < Latin < Greek kȳmátion, equivalent to kȳmat- (stem of kŷma wave; see cyma) + -ion diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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cymatium cymatia

Let the height of a rail be one third of the breadth of a panel, and its cymatium one sixth of the rail.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The height of the podium, starting from the level of the stage, is, including the corona and cymatium, one twelfth of the diameter of the orchestra.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Let the height of the capital be divided into three parts, of which one will form the abacus with its cymatium, the second the echinus with its annulets, and the third the necking.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Contrasting pleasingly with this fret and on opposite sides of it are a plain molded ovolo outlining the panel and a small floreated torus supplemented by a molded cymatium within.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

The style of carving of the cymatium with its astragal should be the Lesbian.

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

So the corona with its cymatia is half a module in height.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio