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epistylium

epistylium · n

the cross-beam that rests on the columns

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Where it lives

De Architectura 46 · 7.98/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ĕpistȳlĭum — Lewis & Short

ĕpistȳlĭum, ii, n., = e)pistu/lion, in arch.,

I the cross-beam that rests on the columns, the architrave, Vitr. 3, 1 sq.; 4, 3; 5, 1; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11; Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 82, 11 Müll. Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 15; 19, 10, 24; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 6 al.

In the wild

epistylium Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.10
epistylium Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.8.p2
epistyliis Vitruvius, De Architectura 5.9.2
epistylium Vitruvius, De Architectura 6.3.9
epistyliorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 3.5.8.p2
epistylia Vitruvius, De Architectura 6.3.9

6 of 48 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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