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)
Example Sentences
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Next, let the cella wall be set up, recessed within the stylobate about one fifth of the breadth thereof, and let a place for folding doors be left in the middle to afford entrance.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Having reached a great square he saw the portico of a palace in the Classic style, whose Corinthian columns reared their capitals of arborescent acanthus seventy metres above the stylobate.
From Penguin Island by France, Anatole
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
This colonnade is supported by a circular stylobate, which rests on an octagon base, and is surrounded by a gallery, bordered by an iron balustrade.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
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)
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