triglyph

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Etymology

PIE word
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From Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος (trígluphos, triglyph).

Noun

triglyph (plural triglyphs)

Triglyph centred over the last column in the Roman Doric order of the Theater of Marcellus
  1. (architecture) A vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
    • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 28:
      An interesting architectural point is raised by some stone carvings, with a vertical triple-grooved design. So often is this design found that Mr. Fyfe, when discussing its occurrence on a miniature fresco at Knossos, calls it the most distinctive architectural ornament of the age. There is every probability that we may see in it the prototype of the "Triglyphs" that alternate with Metopes on the entablature of the Doric Temple.

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