stylobate

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin stylobata, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης (stulobátēs), from στῦλος (stûlos, pillar) + βαίνω (baínō, to go, to walk).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈstaɪ.lə.beɪt/

Noun

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stylobate (plural stylobates)

  1. (Classical Greek architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.
    • 1962, JW Goethe, translated by WH Auden and Elizabeth Mayer, Italian Journey, Penguin, published 1970, page 121:
      The bases of the columns and the plinths below them appear to be standing on pedestals, but this is only an illusion, for the stylobate [translating Sockel] has been cut through in five places, and through each gap five steps lead up between the columns.

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French

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Noun

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stylobate m (plural stylobates)

  1. stylobate

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