cymatium

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Definition of cymatium

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noun

  1. A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
    “The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added emphasis by several inches' projection into the reception hall.”

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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).

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