stylobate

[ stahy-luh-beyt ]

nounArchitecture.(in a classical temple)
  1. a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.

Origin of stylobate

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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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stylobate

/ (ˈstaɪləˌbeɪt) /


noun
  1. a continuous horizontal course of masonry that supports a colonnade

Origin of stylobate

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C17: from Latin stylobatēs, from Greek stulos pillar + -batēs, from bainein to tread, walk

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