stylobate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stylobate
1555–65; < Latin stȳlobatēs, stȳlobata < Greek stȳlobátēs, equivalent to stȳlo- stylo- 2 + -batēs ( ba- (base of baínein to step) + -tēs agent suffix)
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In the Parthenon, the stylobate has an upward curvature of more than four inches on the sides of the edifice and of more than two and a half inches on the east and west fronts.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew
Swellings of the die of the stylobate or bosses in the stylobate or the frieze of the entablature.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The fluted columns, lifted up on the marble stylobate which has been trodden by the feet of Pericles and Phidias, are huge in girth, and rise to a height of between thirty and forty feet.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)
The disposition of these columns and of the great range of steps, or stylobate, is the most marked feature in Greek temple plans.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)
Projection of the stylobate with hypothesis of embossments on the stylobates and the bases of the columns.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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