στυλοβάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στῦλος (stûlos, pillar) + -βᾰ́της (-bátēs, walker, from βαίνω (to walk, to tread)).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στῡλοβᾰ́της • (stūlobátēs) m (genitive στῡλοβᾰ́του); first declension

  1. the base of a column, stylobate
    • 450 BCE – 350 BCE, Plato Comicus, Festivals 12
    • 10 CE – 70 CE, Hero, Automata 259B
    • Vitruvius, 3 3
    • Vitruvius, 4 7

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: στυλοβάτης (stylovátis)
  • Latin: stylobata

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης (stulobátēs).

Noun

στυλοβάτης • (stylovátis) m (plural στυλοβάτες, feminine στυλοβάτρια or στυλοβάτισσα)

  1. pillar
  2. (architecture) stylobate
  3. (figuratively) backer, financial backer
  4. (figuratively) founder, mainstay

Declension

Further reading

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