cymae

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UK/ˈsaɪmiː/

A form of cyma — The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself.

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nouncymae pl
  1. pluralplural of cyma
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    Acanthus blossoms, drying like immortelles, “bloom continually” (Hellanicus, ap. Athen. XV, 680 a). Therefore carved acanthus garlands adorn the Erechtheum, while the plant is carved on cymae, stelae-acroteria (Conze, Attische Grabreliefs, pl. clxv) and antefixes (Lycian Payava Tomb), and is sketched from life on white Athenian lecythi (Brit. Mus. Coll. pl. xiv), which, conventionalized, it constantly encircles.

    1905, American Journal of Archaeology, page 76

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