echinus

Meaning

Noun

  • A sea urchin.
  • The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
  • The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
  • The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.

Origin

  • From Latin echīnus ("hedgehog; sea urchin"), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος.

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