caryatid en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω (karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι (Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”).
Meanings
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A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
She wore on the top of her head an upright circular cap that made her resemble a caryatid disburdened, and on other parts of her person strange combinations of colours, stuffs, shapes, of metal, mineral and plant.
1901, Henry James, Flickerbridge:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caryatides | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| caryatids | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
caryatidic · caryatidal · caryatidlike
Relateds
Translations (27)
it cariatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · be карыяты́да (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · grc Καρυᾶτις (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · nb karyatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · cs karyatida (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · fi karyatidi (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · nl kariatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · el Καρυάτις (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · ga cairiaitid (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · lv kariatīde (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · bg кариатида (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · pl kariatyda (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · ca cariàtide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · el καρυάτιδα (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · fr cariatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · es cariátide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · pt cariátide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · uk каріати́да (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · da karyatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · sv karyatid (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · gl cariátide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · ru кариати́да (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · de Karyatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · hu kariatida (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · fr caryatide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · ast cariátide (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element) · hy կարիատիդ (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element)