scamillus

[ skuh-mil-uhs ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
2. a plain stone beneath the plinth of a column.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scamillus¹

< Latin, diminutive of scamnum stool, bench

Example Sentences

Scamillus, skā-mil′us, n. a second plinth under a column:—pl.

From Project Gutenberg

The word scamillus is a diminutive of scamnum, a mounting-block or bench.

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