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Cymatium
Cymatium, a molding on the cornice of some classical buildings. Sometimes decorated with an anthemion. It is characteristic of Ionic columns and can appear as part of the entablature, the epistylium, and the capital.

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cymatium
Jan 01, 1999; cymatium noun plural cymatia M16 Latin ( cymatium ogee, Ionic volute from Greek kumation diminutive of kuma cyma ). Architecture...
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Lesbian cymatium
Jan 01, 2000; Lesbian cymatium. See cyma .
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corona
Jan 01, 2000; corona (pl. coronae). 1. Part of a Classical cornice , called larmier , above the bedmoulding and below the cymatium , with a...
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ARCHITECTURE TOPPINGS
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ogee
Jan 01, 2000; ogee. Upright double curve, concave at the top and convex at the bottom, as in the cyma recta (a cyma reversa or Lesbian cymatium...
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