stylobata Arch.
(staɪˈlɒbətə)
[a. L. stȳlobata, ad. Gr. στῡλοβάτης, f. στῦλο-ς pillar + -βατης, f. βαίνειν to walk, step.]
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| 1563 Shute Archit. C ij b, If ye will set Stylobata, or Pedestal, vnder your pillor, thus ye shal begin. 1664 Evelyn tr. Freart's Parallel Archit. etc. 123 The Stylobata and Pedistals of Columns. 1771 W. Newton tr. Vitruvius' Archit. iii. iii. (1791) 55 The stylobatæ should be wrought in such a manner, as to leave in the middle the adjection for the unequal scamilli. 1828–9 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) V. 311/2 Under each column in the range the stylobata is generally broken so that its face projects a little forward. |