scotia
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Diagram of a transection of a scotia molding. Note the radius of the lower curve is twice the upper.
English
Etymology
From Latin scotia, from Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía, “dark, shadowy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
scotia (plural scotias)
- (architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Translations
type of architectural molding
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía, “dark, shadowy”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsko.ti.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskot.t͡si.a/,
Noun
scotia f (genitive scotiae); first declension
- (architecture) scotia; a hollow molding in the base of a column
- (architecture) gutter at the end of a cornice
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scotia | scotiae |
| genitive | scotiae | scotiārum |
| dative | scotiae | scotiīs |
| accusative | scotiam | scotiās |
| ablative | scotiā | scotiīs |
| vocative | scotia | scotiae |
Descendants
References
- “scotia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scotia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “scotia”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia