From theLatincȳmatium(“an ogee”, “an Ionic volute”), from theAncient Greekκῡμάτιον(kūmátion), the diminutive form ofκῦμα(kûma,“wave”, “billow”), whencecyma.

cymatium (pluralcymatiumsorcymatia)

1. (architecture) Amolding on thecornice.
2. (architecture) A type of molding that is wavelike in form.

• cūmatium
• cȳmation

FromAncient Greekκυμάτιον(kumátion,“small wave”).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /kyːˈma.ti.um/,[kyːˈmät̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmat.t͡si.um/,[t͡ʃiˈmät̪ː͡s̪ium]

cȳmatium n (genitivecȳmatiīorcȳmatī);second declension

1. (architecture) Thevolute of anIonic column
2. (architecture) Achannel, a wavedmolding, anogee

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• French:cimaise
• Italian:cimasa

• “cymatium”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cymatium”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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