cymatium

cymatium: /si may"shee euhm, suy-/, n., pl. cymatia /-shee euh/. Archit.

1. the uppermost member of a classical cornice or of a cornice of similar form: usually a cyma recta in classical examples. Cf. sima².

2. echinus (def. 2c).

[1555-65; < L < Gk kymátion, equiv. to kymat- (s. of kyma wave; see CYMA) + -ion dim. suffix]

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