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cymatium en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin cȳmatium (“ogee”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”). Equivalent to Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ium, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).

Meanings

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. 1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company:

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cyma

Translations (6)

fr cimaise (type of molding that is wavelike in form) · de Karnies (type of molding that is wavelike in form) · pl kimation (type of molding that is wavelike in form) · de Kymation (type of molding that is wavelike in form) · pt cimalha (type of molding that is wavelike in form) · ca cimaci (type of molding that is wavelike in form)