different between triglyphs vs metope

triglyphs

English

Noun

triglyphs

  1. plural of triglyph

Anagrams

  • sprightly

triglyphs From the web:

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metope

English

Alternative forms

  • metopa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin metopa and its source, Hellenistic Greek ?????? (metóp?), from ???? (metá, between) +? ??? (op?, hole).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?t??p/, /?m?t?pi/

Noun

metope (plural metopes)

  1. (architecture) The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
    • 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 117:
      There's a second plate of that metope that shows the full figures of both Perseus and Medusa and includes the winged horse Pegasus that was born of Medusa's blood.

Anagrams

  • poemet

Italian

Noun

metope f

  1. plural of metopa

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