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Webster 1913 Edition
Cymatium
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Cy-ma′ti-um
(s?-m?′sh?-?m)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], dim. of [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a wave.]
(Arch.)
A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cymatium
CYMATIUM
, CYMA,Noun.
Definition 2025
cymatium
cymatium
English
Noun
cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia)
- (architecture) A molding on the cornice.
- (architecture) A type of molding that is wavelike in form.
Latin
Alternative forms
- cūmatium
- cȳmation
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κυμάτιον (kumátion, “small wave”).
Noun
cȳmatium n (genitive cȳmatiī); second declension
- (architecture) The volute of an Ionic column
- (architecture) A channel, a waved molding, an ogee
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cȳmatium | cȳmatia |
| genitive | cȳmatiī | cȳmatiōrum |
| dative | cȳmatiō | cȳmatiīs |
| accusative | cȳmatium | cȳmatia |
| ablative | cȳmatiō | cȳmatiīs |
| vocative | cȳmatium | cȳmatia |
Descendants
- 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