[uh-pof-i-jee] 
| 1. | a small, concave, outward curve joining the shaft of a column, esp. a classical column, to its base. |
| 2. | Also called hypophyge. a similar curve joining the shaft of a column to its capital. |
| a·poph·y·ge (ə-pŏf'ə-jē) n. The outward curve at the top and bottom of a column where the shaft joins the capital or base. [Greek apophugē, from apopheugein, apophug-, to flee : apo-, apo- + pheugein, to flee.] |
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