caryatids

car·y·at·id (k

n. pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des (-

-d

) Architecture

A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure.

[From Latin Carytides, caryatids, from Greek Karutides, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karuai, Caryae, a village of Laconia in southern Greece with a famous temple to Artemis.]

cary·ati·dal (-

-d

l), cary·ati·dean (-

-d

n), cary·a·tidic (-

-t

k) adj.

caryatid [ˌkærɪˈætɪd]

n pl -ids, -ides [-ɪˌdiːz]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure Compare telamon

[from Latin Caryātides, from Greek Karuatides priestesses of Artemis at Karuai (Caryae), village in Laconia]

caryatidal , caryatidean, caryatic, caryatidic [ˌkærɪəˈtɪdɪk] adj

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Noun

caryatid - a supporting column carved in the shape of a person

pillar, column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

Translations

caryatid [ˌkærɪˈætɪd] N (caryatids or caryatides (pl)) [ˌkærɪˈætɪdiːz] → cariátide f

caryatid

n → Karyatide f

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architecture Caryatic Caryatides column Erechtheum pillar Telamon	John Ringling's French Empire-revival mahogany bedroom furniture at Ca d'Zan, with its ormolu caryatids and fantastical creatures, is appropriately stately, but seemingly out of place in a "Venetian" palace. At Ca d'Zan by Nissen, Aleesha / Sarasota Magazine The Caryatids, columns sculpted as females holding up the roof of a porch on the southern side of the Erectheum temple, dominate the top of a glass ramp leading up the second floor, on which sculptures from the Temple of Athena and the Propylaea entrance to the Acropolis will be displayed. Greece's Acropolis Museum to open by AFP / AFP Global Edition The Caryatids Bruce Sterling Del Rey Books 9780345460622, $25. The Caryatids by California Bookwatch	Carver Carver George Washington carvery carving carving fork carving knife Carvist Carvol carwash Cary Cary Grant Carya Carya aquatica Carya cordiformis Carya glabra Carya illinoensis Carya illinoinsis Carya laciniosa Carya myristicaeformis Carya myristiciformis Carya ovata Carya tomentosa Caryatic caryatid Caryatides caryatids caryo- Caryocar Caryocar nuciferum Caryocaraceae Caryophyllaceae caryophyllaceous caryophyllaceous plant Caryophyllales Caryophyllidae Caryophyllin caryophylloid dicot family caryophylloid dicot genus Caryophyllous caryopsis Caryota Caryota urens CAS Casa casaba casaba melon Casablanca Casal Casals Casanova Casanova de Seingalt	Carya glabra Carya Hickory Carya illinoensis Carya illinoensis Carya illinoinensis Carya illinoinensis Carya illinoinsis Carya laciniosa Carya myristicaeformis Carya myristiciformis Carya ovata Carya ovata Carya species Carya tomentosa Carya tomentosa Caryatic caryatid caryatid Caryatid(e) Caryatid(e) caryatidal caryatidal Caryatide Caryatide caryatidean caryatidean caryatides caryatides caryatidic caryatidic caryatids Carying capacity Carying capacity Carying capacity caryinite Caryl Chessman Caryl Chessman Caryl Crane Children's Theatre caryo- caryo- Caryocar Caryocar nuciferum Caryocar tomentosum Caryocar tuberculosum Caryocaraceae Caryophanaceae Caryophanales Caryophanon Caryophanon Caryophyllaceae Caryophyllaceae caryophyllaceous caryophyllaceous plant Caryophyllaeidea Caryophyllaeus Caryophyllales Caryophyllales Caryophyllene Caryophyllic acid Caryophyllic acid Caryophyllic acid

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John Ringling's French Empire-revival mahogany bedroom furniture at Ca d'Zan, with its ormolu caryatids and fantastical creatures, is appropriately stately, but seemingly out of place in a "Venetian" palace.

At Ca d'Zan by Nissen, Aleesha / Sarasota Magazine

The Caryatids, columns sculpted as females holding up the roof of a porch on the southern side of the Erectheum temple, dominate the top of a glass ramp leading up the second floor, on which sculptures from the Temple of Athena and the Propylaea entrance to the Acropolis will be displayed.

Greece's Acropolis Museum to open by AFP / AFP Global Edition

The Caryatids Bruce Sterling Del Rey Books 9780345460622, $25.

The Caryatids by California Bookwatch

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