noun Architecture. 1.a small, concave, outward curve joining the shaft of a column, especially a classical column, to its base.
2.Also called hypophyge. a similar curve joining the shaft of a column to its capital.
Origin: 1555–65; <
Greek apophygḗ escape, equivalent to
apophyg- (variant stem of
apopheúgein to flee;
apo- apo- +
pheúgein to flee; akin to
-fuge) +
-ē noun suffix