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caryatid
[ kar-ee-at-id ]
noun
, Architecture.
, plural car·y·at·ids, car·y·at·i·des [kar-ee-, at, -i-deez].
- a sculptured female figure used as a column. Compare atlas ( def 5 ).
caryatid
/ ˌkærɪˈætɪd; ˌkærɪəˈtɪdɪk /
noun
- a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure Compare telamon
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Derived Forms
- ˌcaryˈatidal, adjective
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Other Words From
- cary·ati·dal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caryatid1
1555–65; < Latin Caryātides (singular Caryātis ) < Greek Karyā́tides columns shaped like women, literally, women of Karýai, Laconia
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caryatid1
C16: from Latin Caryātides, from Greek Karuatides priestesses of Artemis at Karuai (Caryae), village in Laconia
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Example Sentences
The caryatid form of pier is generally found, in temples, in the peristyles of the fore-courts or the hypostyles of the pronaos.
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Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.
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It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a Caryatid.
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The famous caryatid porch faces the south, looking toward the Parthenon.
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Observe beneath these rags those caryatid bodies, those austere faces!
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