Definitions For Stylobate

Noun

{{en-noun, s}} (Classical Greek, _, architecture) The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.

Translations

Catalan: estilòbata, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 柱座 (zhùzuò) Finnish: stylobaatti French: stylobate, m German: {{t-needed, de}} Greek: στυλοβάτης, m Hungarian: sztülobatész Italian: {{t-needed, it}} Portuguese: estilóbata, m Spanish: estilóbato, m

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, stylobata}}, itself a borrowing from {{der, en, grc, στυλοβάτης}}, from στῦλος, , pillar + βαίνω, , to go, to walk.

See also

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