stylobata stylobate

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• STYLOBATE — Terme d’architecture grecque désignant l’assise supérieure de la crépis (ou plate forme à degrés) sur laquelle reposent les colonnes d’un édifice (les murs sont supportés par le toichobate). À cause de ses importantes dimensions, le stylobate… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Stylobate — Sty lo*bate, n. [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. ?; ? a pillar + ? one that treads, fr. ? to go.] (Arch.) The uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See {Sub base}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stylobate — /stuy leuh bayt /, n. Archit. (in a classical temple) a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, esp. the outermost colonnade. [1555 65; < L stylobates, stylobata < Gk stylobátes, equiv. to stylo STYLO 2… …   Universalium

• stylobate — sty•lo•bate [[t]ˈstaɪ ləˌbeɪt[/t]] n. archit. (in a classical temple) a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade • Etymology: 1555–65; < L stȳlobatēs, stȳlobata < Gk stȳlobátēs …   From formal English to slang

• stylobate — /ˈstaɪləbeɪt/ (say stuyluhbayt) noun a continuous base supporting a row of columns; that part of a stereobate immediately beneath the columns. {Latin stylobata, from Greek stȳlobatēs} …  

• stylobate — n. Archit. a continuous base supporting a row of columns. Etymology: L stylobata f. Gk stulobates f. stulos pillar, baino walk …   Useful english dictionary