echinus
echinus, a sea-urchin
- I Prop., usually the (edible) sea-urchin, Echinus esculentus, Linn.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; Afran. ap. Non. 216, 11; Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 100 sq.; Hor. Epod. 5, 28; id. S. 2, 4, 33; 2, 8, 52; id. Ep. 1, 15, 23; Petr. 69, 7.—The land-urchin (otherwise called erinaceus), Claud. Idyll. 2, 17; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 57.—
- II Transf., of things having a similar shape.
- A A copper vessel for the table, perh. to wash out the cups in, a rinsing-bowl, Hor. S. 1, 6, 117, v. Heindorf, ad h. l.; id. ib. 2, 8, 52.—
- B The prickly husk of a chestnut, Calp. Ecl. 2, 83; Pall. Insit. 155.—
- C In archit., an ornament under the chapiter of a Doric or Ionic column, an echinus, Vitr. 4, 3, 4; 4, 7, 3; cf. Müller, Archaeol. § 277.
~us, piscis velscel
~us, i. piscis, cancer velscel
vincis, echine, favum mellis dulcedine magna; /‥ / libramen certi ponderis ore geris
†elchinus, ericius, erinacius idem, animal est spinosum cujus due sunt species s[c ]. aquaticus et terrenus, que nobilior est ‥ ; G.hirison, A. hirichoun
†erinansius [v. l. erinacius ], †eschinius idem; G.hirichon
in magno stagno apud Churchegate ‥ cepit ~os et murices
hic ~us, hic †ectinus,a tenche
- 1. zee-egel;
- 2. spoelkom.
- , ἐχῖνος, a sea-urchin, H., Iu. — A vessel for the table, slop-bowl, rinsing-bowl: Vilis, H.
ECHI´NUS(ἐχῖνος), the hedgehog or sea-urchin, the name of things having a similar shape.
1. A pot or pitcher (Hesych. s. v.; Pollux, 6.91; Hor. Sat. 1.6, 117, 2.8, 52).
2. The casket, probably of a cylindrical shape, in which documents were sealed up between the ἀνάκρισις and the trial [DIKÉ, p. 630 a ].
3. In Doric architecture, the ovolo or convex part of the capital immediately beneath the abacus (Vitr. 4.3and 7). See illustrations, pp. 3 a, 490.
[W.W](ἐχῖνος). The hedgehog or sea-urchin, and hence a name for things having a similar shape. (1) A pot, pitcher, or saltcellar ( Hor. Sat. i. 6. 117).
(2) The casket, probably of a cylindrical shape, in which documents were sealed up between the ἀνάκρισις and the trial.
(3) In Doric architecture, the ovolo or convex part of the capital immediately beneath the abacus (Vitruv. iv. 3 and 7).
The bottom of the two components of the capital of a column, the other being the abacus.
Description: In the Greek Doric order the capital proper consists of a spreading convex moulding, the echinus, and a low square block, the abacus. The upper part of the echinus tends to be a swelling bowl shape, while the lower part of the echinus is almost always decorated with a flat strip, with incised horizontal lines, called fillets (or annulets). In Ionic architecture, the echinus can be observed between the volutes and below the abacus, and as having a decorative, molded appearance. The prominent flat-topped echinus in the Ionic order separates from the shaft of the column the linked side spirals of the volute member of the capital. The Ionic capital begins with a flat-topped moulding which has a profile like that of the Doric echinus. Above this echinus rests the volute member, whose drooping spirals cover and partly absorb the echinus at the sides. At the front faces, palmettes mask the angle where the echinus vanishes under the volutes.
- abacus
- capital
- fillet