hypotrachelium

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hypotrachelium

/ˈhɪ.pəʊ.trəˌkiː.lɪ.əm/

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Borrowed from Latin hypotrachelium, from Ancient Greek ὑποτραχήλιον (hupotrakhḗlion), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”).

noun hypotrachelia

the portion of the capital of a column that is below the annulets, and above the end of the shaft In the case of the Hansell House in Rosewell, Georgia, […] the mason, in endeavoring to indicate the hypotrachelium, or gorgerin, or whatever is the right name for the incised lines which in the Greek Doric play somewhat the part that the astragal plays in the Roman orders, made a very broad incisio
Similar: colarino, gorgerin, neck, necking

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Français	hypotrachélion
Italiano	ipotrachelio

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@misc{hypotrachelium_2026,
  title = {hypotrachelium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hypotrachelium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}