different between ovolo vs echinus

English

Alternative forms

• ovulo

Etymology

From Italian ovolo, from Latin ?vum (“egg”). Doublet of ovule.

Noun

ovolo (plural ovolos)

1. (architecture) A classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament.
   • 2001, Adolfo J. Domínguez, Carmen Sánchez, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (editor), Greek Pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Archaic and Classical Periods, page 196,

     Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ovolos.

   • 2005, Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders Of Architecture, 2nd Edition, page 76,

     Each of the pairs is connected by a kind of web, and each pair stands clear of the ovolo and astragal mouldings which form a kind of extension to the column shaft and complete the essential construction of the capital. Ovolo and astragal are enriched with egg and dart and bead and reel respectively, the setting out related to a fluting pattern of twenty-four flutes to the column shaft circumference, as shown on the plan.

   • 2008, Roy Underhill, Eleanor Underhill, The Woodwright?s Guide: Working Wood With Wedge and Edge, page 112,

     Using a template or a good eye to guide the paring chisel, slice off the corners of the tenon ovolos at 45 degrees.

Synonyms

• echinus
• quarter-round

See also

• astragal
• egg and dart

Further reading

• ovolo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Alternative forms

• ovulo

Etymology

Diminutive of ovo, uovo (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vo.lo/
• Hyphenation: ò?vo?lo

Noun

ovolo m (plural ovoli)

1. (mycology) Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea)

   Synonyms: cocco, ovolo buono

2. (botany) A rounded lump or protuberance at the base of a plant.
3. (architecture) ovolo
4. (rare) An object shaped like a small egg.

Derived terms

• ovolaccio
• ovolo bianco
• ovolo malefico

References

• ovolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

English

Etymology

From Latin ech?nus (“hedgehog; sea urchin”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ekhînos).

Noun

echinus (plural echinuses or echini)

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

Anagrams

• Su-ch'ien

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (ekhînos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?k?i?.nus/, [??k?i?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?ki.nus/, [??ki?nus]

Noun

ech?nus m (genitive ech?n?); second declension

1. a sea urchin, especially the edible kind
2. a hedgehog
3. the prickly husk of a chestnut
4. a rinsing bowl, especially of copper
5. (architecture) an ornament under the chapiter of an Ionic or Doric column

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (hedgehog): ?rin?ceus

Derived terms

• ech?n?tus
• ech?nom?trae

Descendants

• Translingual: Echinus
• ? English: echinus
• Spanish: equino

References

• echinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• echinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• echinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• echinus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[2]
• echinus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• echinus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• echinus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin