hypotrachelium

hypŏtrăchēlĭum, ĭi, n., = ὑποτραχήλιον, in archit.,

• the neck of a column below the capital, Vitr. 3, 2 sq.; 4, 3; 7.

hypotrachēlium, iī, n. (ὑποτραχήλιον, der untere Teil des Halses), t. t. der Archit. = das glatte Glied der Säule zwischen Rinken u. Kapitäl, der Säulenhals, Vitr. 3, 2 sq. u.a.

hўpŏtrăchēlĭum, ĭī, n. (ὑποτραχήλιον), le haut du fût [dʼune colonne] : Vitr. Arch. 3, 2.

HYPOTRACHELIUM

HYPOTRACHE´LIUM(ὑποτραχήλιον). [COLUMNAp. 490 b. ]

hypotrachelium

The part of the necking of a Doric column below the trachelium, composed of one or a series of grooves, and functioning to smoothen the transition from shaft to capital.

• Annulet
• Capital
• Necking
• Shaft
• Trachelium