cymatium

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English

Etymology

From the Latin cȳmatium (“an ogee”, “an Ionic volute”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”, “billow”), whence cyma.

Noun

cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia)

  1. (architecture) A molding on the cornice.
  2. (architecture) A type of molding that is wavelike in form.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυμάτιον (kumátion, “small wave”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cȳmatium n (genitive cȳmatiī or cȳmatī); second declension

  1. (architecture) The volute of an Ionic column
  2. (architecture) A channel, a waved molding, an ogee

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cȳmatium cȳmatia
Genitive cȳmatiī
cȳmatī1 		cȳmatiōrum
Dative cȳmatiō cȳmatiīs
Accusative cȳmatium cȳmatia
Ablative cȳmatiō cȳmatiīs
Vocative cȳmatium cȳmatia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • French: cimaise
  • Italian: cimasa

References

  • “cymatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cymatium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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