cymatium

English

Etymology

From the Latin cȳmatium (“an ogee”, “an Ionic volute”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”, “billow”), whence cyma.

Noun

cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia)

1. (architecture) A molding on the cornice.
2. (architecture) A type of molding that is wavelike in form.

Latin

Alternative forms

• cūmatium
• cȳmation

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυμάτιον (kumátion, “small wave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kyːˈma.ti.um/, [kyːˈmät̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmat.t͡si.um/, [t͡ʃiˈmät̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

cȳmatium n (genitive cȳmatiī or cȳmatī); second declension

1. (architecture) The volute of an Ionic column
2. (architecture) A channel, a waved molding, an ogee

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cȳmatium	cȳmatia
Genitive	cȳmatiī cȳmatī1	cȳmatiōrum
Dative	cȳmatiō	cȳmatiīs
Accusative	cȳmatium	cȳmatia
Ablative	cȳmatiō	cȳmatiīs
Vocative	cȳmatium	cȳmatia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• French: cimaise
• Italian: cimasa

References

• “cymatium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cymatium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin