Cymatium
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
"The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added emphasis by several inches' projection into the reception hall."
- 2 (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) wordnet
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More examples"The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added emphasis by several inches' projection into the reception hall."
Etymology
From Latin cȳmatium (“ogee”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”), whence cyma.
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