English Explanatory Dictionary

echinus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sea urchin.
  2. The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
  3. The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
  4. The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.

Word forms

echinus echinuses echini

Etymology

From Latin echīnus (“hedgehog; sea urchin”), from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).

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