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Definition of Cymatium
1. Noun. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex).
Specialized synonyms: Cyma Recta, Cyma Reversa, Ogee
Generic synonyms: Molding, Moulding
Category relationships: Classical Architecture, Greco-roman Architecture
Definition of Cymatium
1. n. A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
Definition of Cymatium
1. Noun. (architecture) A molding on the cornice. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A type of molding that is wavelike in form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cymatium
1. a cyma [n -TIA] - See also: cyma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymatium
Literary usage of Cymatium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The cyma recta is the usual profile for the cymatium or crown moulding of a
cornice ; the cyma reversa is common in bed moulds and as an exterior moulding ..."
2. Report on the Turton Collection of South African Marine Mollusks: With by Paul Bartsch (1915)
"... the aperture and part of the pillar, collected by William Stimpson on the
North Pacific Exploring Expedition at Simons Bay. Genus cymatium Holten. ..."
3. Publications of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society (1846)
"word cymatium- is also used by Vitruvius in many different passages. Thus, in
the Ionic entablature he undertakes to assign to its different i. ••>. ..."
4. Finis pyramidis; or, Disquisitions concerning the antiquity and scientific by Thomas Gabb (1806)
"Thus, the heights may be, the cymatium of the epis* tyles 5 minutes ; the lower
fascia of ... the corona Si on the face, and it's cymatium 2; the sima ll'j. ..."
5. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"The cymatium of the architrave should be one seventh of the height of the whole
... Omitting the cymatium, the rest of the architrave is to be divided into ..."
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