CARYATID


Meaning of CARYATID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌker-ē-ˈa-təd, ˌka-rē-; ˈker-ē-ə-ˌtid, ˈka-rē- ]

noun

( plural -ids or cary·at·ides ˌker-ē-ˈa-tə-ˌdēz, ˌka-rē-)

Etymology: Latin caryatides, plural, from Greek karyatides priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karyai Caryae in Laconia

Date: 1563

: a draped female figure supporting an entablature

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