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a⋅poph⋅y⋅ge

[uh-pof-i-jee]
–noun Architecture.
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.
Also, apophysis.


Origin:
1555–65; < Gk apophyg escape, equiv. to apophyg- (var. s. of apopheúgein to flee; apo- apo- + pheúgein to flee; akin to -fuge ) + n. suffix
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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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