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Definition of Apophyge
1. n. The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
Definition of Apophyge
1. Noun. (architecture) A curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apophyge
1. a concave curve in a column [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apophyge
Literary usage of Apophyge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Finis pyramidis; or, Disquisitions concerning the antiquity and scientific by Thomas Gabb (1806)
"base, to regulate the size of the apophyge by the greate? or less ... jn which
case I think the radius of the apophyge may be about 4 minutes : but Barbaro ..."
2. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"In the bold version at Bassai, the quarter-round apophyge in normal ... The apophyge
is 0. 1 16 m. wide in radial cross section, but as it drops from the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"apophyge. The outward spread of the bottom of a shaft to form the fillet or
cincture by which it joins the base ; also applied sometimes to the similar but ..."
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