anthemion
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
anthemion (plural anthemions or anthemia)
- An ornamental design consisting of palmettes or lotus flowers.
- 2008 June 22, Christopher Gray, “Brooklyn’s Stately Esplanade”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Moore ran copper cresting in the form of anthemion leaves around the top of a bay window on the side of the house, and he put low, curved eyebrow dormers on either side of the third-floor gable.
Translations edit
ornamental design
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Greek ανθέμιου (anthémiou).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
anthemion m inan
- (architecture, art) Alternative spelling of antemion
Declension edit
Declension of anthemion
singular | |
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nominative | anthemion |
genitive | anthemionu |
dative | anthemionowi |
accusative | anthemion |
instrumental | anthemionem |
locative | anthemionie |
vocative | anthemionie |
Further reading edit
- anthemion in Polish dictionaries at PWN