entasisn.

Brit.

/ˈɛntəsɪs/, U.S.

/ˈɛn(t)əsəs/

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἔντασις, < ἐντα-, ἐντείνειν to strain.

1. Architecture. ‘A delicate and almost imperceptible swelling of the shaft of a column’ (Gwilt).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > swelling

entasis1827

1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 605 The very idea of an entasis in the columns.

18.. Nat. Encycl. I. 202 They diminish, with an imperceptible entasis.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 144 The external lines of the columns are carved also, forming a hyperbolic entasis.

†2. Pathology. ‘Old term for tonic spasm’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

ΚΠ

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	entasis
释义	entasisn. Brit. /ˈɛntəsɪs/, U.S. /ˈɛn(t)əsəs/ Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἔντασις, < ἐντα-, ἐντείνειν to strain. 1. Architecture. ‘A delicate and almost imperceptible swelling of the shaft of a column’ (Gwilt). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > shaft of column > swelling entasis1827 1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 605 The very idea of an entasis in the columns. 18.. Nat. Encycl. I. 202 They diminish, with an imperceptible entasis. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 144 The external lines of the columns are carved also, forming a hyperbolic entasis. †2. Pathology. ‘Old term for tonic spasm’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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