CYMATIUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: cymatia

Meaning:

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)

Synonyms:

cyma; cymatium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cymatium" is a kind of...):

molding; moulding (a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing)

Domain category:

classical architecture; Greco-Roman architecture (architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cymatium"):

cyma recta (a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex)

cyma reversa; ogee (a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below)