stylobate

Meaning

Noun

  • The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin stylobata, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης, from στῦλος + βαίνω.

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