cymatium

cȳmătĭum (cūm-) or -on, ii, n., = κυμάτιον (a small wave); in architecture,

• The volute of an Ionic column, Vitr. 3, 5, 7; 4, 1, 7.—
• II A channel, a waved moulding, an ogee, Vitr. 3, 5, 10; 4, 3, 6; 4, 3, 8; 4, 6, 2; Tert. Idol. 8.

cȳmatium od. -ion, iī, n. (κυμάτιον, eine kleine Welle), t. t. der Baukunst, a) die Wulst der ionischen Säule, Vitr. 3, 5, 7 (3, 3, 12); 4, 1, 7. – b) die Kehlleiste, der Kehlstoß, rein lat. unda, Vitr. 4, 3, 6. Tert. de idol. 8: c. epistylii, Vitr. 3, 5, 10 (3, 3, 15): c. Doricum, Vitr. 4, 3, 8; 4, 6, 2: c. Lesbium, Vitr. 4, 6, 2. – ➳ Form cumatium, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 1781.

cȳmătĭum (-ŏn), [ cūmătĭum, CIL 10, 1781 ], ĭī, m. (κυμάτιον), coussinet de lʼordre ionique : Vitr. Arch. 3, 5 ; 4, 1 || cymaise [=unda ] : Vitr. Arch. 4, 3.

cymatium , ii. n.
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CYMATIUM

CYMA´TIUM(κῦμα, κυμάτιον), in arch. (1) the volute of an Ionic capital (Vitr. 3.5, 7; 4.1, 7); (2) a moulding, either the cavetto (cy. doricum), or the cyma recta or revesa (cy. lesbium, κ. Λἐσβιον). Vitruvius mentions the cymatium of a lintel (4.6, 2), of the epistyle (3.5, 10), and of the cornice (3.5, 11). The Greek term occurs : κῦμα Λέσβιον, Aesch. Thalamopoei, fr. 224 Dind., 76 Herm.; κυμάτιον, C. I. G. 160, 37; LXX. Ex. 25; cumatium, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 1, 577.

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