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cymatia

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cy⋅ma⋅ti⋅on

  [si-mey-shee-on, sahy-]
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–noun, plural -ti⋅a  [-shee-uh] .
cymatium.

cy⋅ma⋅ti⋅um

  [si-mey-shee-uhm, sahy-]
–noun, plural -ti⋅a  [-shee-uh] . Architecture.
1. the uppermost member of a classical cornice or of a cornice of similar form: usually a cyma recta in classical examples. Compare sima 2
2. echinus (def. 2c).
Origin:
1555–65; < L < Gk kȳmátion, equiv. to kȳmat- (s. of kŷma wave; see cyma ) + -ion dim. suffix

e⋅chi⋅nus

  [i-kahy-nuhs]
–noun, plural -ni  [-nahy] .
1. any sea urchin of the genus Echinus.
2. Architecture.
a. an ovolo molding, esp. one having an outline with several radii or one carved with an egg-and-dart pattern.
b. the prominent circular molding supporting the abacus of a Doric or Tuscan capital.
c. Also called cymatium. the circular molding, usually carved with an egg-and-dart pattern, forming part of an Ionic capital between the volutes and under the balteus.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L < Gk echînos hedgehog, sea urchin
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cy·ma·tium   (sī-mā'shəm, -shē-əm)   
n.   pl. cy·ma·tia (-shə, -shē-ə)

  1. See cyma.

  2. The topmost molding of a classical cornice.


[Latin cȳmatium, from Greek kūmation, diminutive of kūma, cyma; see cyma.]
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