cymae

See also: cymæ

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sīʹmē, IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪmiː/

Noun

cymae pl

1. plural of cyma
   • 1905, American Journal of Archaeology, page 76:

     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.

Anagrams

• Camey, Macey

Latin

Noun

cȳmae

1. inflection of cȳma:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive/dative singular