metope

English - Turkish

Definition of metope in English Turkish dictionary: (Arkeoloji) ayna; metop; dorik mimarisinde; çatıyı taşıyan sütun üstündeki kabartmalı dört köşe ta; {i} çatı sütunu tepe taşı; (Mimarlık) metope

English - English

Definition of metope in English English dictionary: The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze
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.; {n} a space between the tryglyphs of the doric frieze; The square space, either plain or carved, found between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze; The face of a crab; The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work; A decorated panel found between the trigyphs on the Frieze of a Doric entablature; The panel between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, often sculptured in relief; of Entablature
metopes: plural of metope

Turkish - English

metope

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met·ope

[ 'me-t&-(")pE ] (noun.) 1563. From Latin metopa and its source, Hellenistic Greek μετόπη, from Ancient Greek μετά ‘meta-’ + ὀπή ‘hole’.

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