Meanings
plural triglyphs
- architectureA vertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze.
1 more example
An interesting architectural point is raised by some stone carvings, with a vertical triple-grooved design. So often is this design found that Mr. Fyfe, when discussing its occurrence on a miniature fresco at Knossos, calls it the most distinctive architectural ornament of the age. There is every probability that we may see in it the prototype of the "Triglyphs" that alternate with Metopes on the entablature of the Doric Temple.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 28
Origin
- Ancient Greekτρίγλυφος“triglyph”
- Englishtriglyph
PIE word *tréyes From Ancient Greek τρίγλυφος (trígluphos, “triglyph”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque hirikoe
- hirikoevertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze
Danish triglyf
- triglyfvertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze
German Triglyphe, Triglyph
- Triglyphevertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze
- Triglyphvertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze
- Dreischlitzplattevertically channeled tablet of the Doric frieze
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