cymatium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cȳmatium (“ogee”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”). Equivalent to Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) +‎ -ium, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma). === Pronunciation === === Noun === cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia) (architecture) A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma). ==== Related terms ==== cyma ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === cymatium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Alternative forms === cūmatium cȳmation === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κυμάτιον (kumátion, “small wave”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kyːˈma.ti.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈmat.t͡si.um] === Noun === cȳmatium n (genitive cȳmatiī or cȳmatī); second declension (architecture) The volute of an Ionic column (architecture) A channel, a waved molding, an ogee ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== French: cimaise Italian: cimasa === References === “cymatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cymatium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin