What does Caryatid mean?
Definitions for Caryatid
ˌkær iˈæt ɪd; -ɪˌdizca·ry·atid
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Princeton's WordNet
caryatidnoun
a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
Wiktionary
caryatidnoun
A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element, used as a support for entablature.
Wikipedia
Caryatid
A caryatid ( or KAIR-ee-AT-id or KARR-ee-AT-id; Ancient Greek: Καρυᾶτις, pl. Καρυάτιδες) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town on the Peloponnese. Karyai had a temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants".An atlas or telamon is a male version of a caryatid, i.e. a sculpted male statue serving as an architectural support.
Webster Dictionary
Caryatidadjective
of or pertaining to a caryatid
Caryatidnoun
a draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster
Etymology: [See Caryatides.]
Wikidata
Caryatid
A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Caryatid
kar-i-at′id, n. a female figure used instead of a column to support an entablature:—pl. Caryat′ides.—adjs. Caryat′ic, Caryat′idal, Caryatidē′an, Caryatid′ic. [Gr. Karyatides.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Caryatid in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Caryatid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- кариатидаBulgarian
- cariàtideCatalan, Valencian
- karyatidaCzech
- ΚαρυάτιςGreek
- cariátideSpanish
- kariatidaHungarian
- cariatideItalian
- cariátidePortuguese
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