hypotrachelium

[hahy-poh-truh-kee-lee-uhm]

hy·po·tra·che·li·um

[hahy-poh-truh-kee-lee-uhm]
noun, plural hy·po·tra·che·li·a [-lee-uh] .
(on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
Compare trachelium.


Origin:
1555–65; < Latin < Greek hypotrachḗlion. See hypo-, trachelium
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