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ˈstaɪ ləˌbeɪtsty·lo·bate
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stylobatenoun
The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.
Etymology: From stylobata, from στυλοβάτης, from στῦλος + βαίνειν.
Wikipedia
Stylobate
In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate (Greek: στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the temple). The platform was built on a leveling course that flattened out the ground immediately beneath the temple.
Webster Dictionary
Stylobatenoun
the uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base
Etymology: [L. stylobates, stylobata, Gr. styloba`ths; sty^los a pillar + ba`ths one that treads, fr. bai`nein to go.]
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Stylobate
In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform on which colonnades of temple columns are placed. The platform was built on a leveling course that flattened out the ground immediately beneath the temple. Some methodologies use the word stylobate to describe only the topmost step of the temple's base, while stereobate is used to describe the remaining steps of the platform beneath the stylobate and just above the leveling course. Others use the term to refer to the entire platform. The stylobate was often designed to relate closely to the dimensions of other elements of the temple. In Greek Doric temples, the length and width of the stylobate were related, and in some early Doric temples the column height was one third the width of the stylobate. The Romans took a different approach in their interpretation of the Corinthian order, using a much loftier stylobate that was not graduated except in the approach to the portico.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stylobate
stī′lō-bāt, n. the substructure of a temple beneath the columns. [Gr. stylobatēs—stylos, a column, bainein, to go.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stylobate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stylobate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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