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

The cymatium here is one sixth of the whole height of this part.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

This head, is worked from a block which forms the springing stone of both the cymatium and the corona of the pediment.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

Let the corona and its cymatium at the top of all be carved without ornamentation, and have a projection equal to its height.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The soffit, both of the upper and of the lower cymatium on the piers, projects sufficiently to admit the application of the customary marble incrustation.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen

To the right and left of the lintel, which rests upon the jambs, there are to be projections fashioned like projecting bases and jointed to a nicety with the cymatium itself.

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