orthostatn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːθəstat/, U.S.

/ˈɔrθəˌstæt/

Inflections: Plural orthostats, (rare) orthostatai.

Forms: 1900s– orthostat, 1900s– orthostate Brit.

/ˈɔːθəsteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɔrθəˌsteɪt/.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin orthostata; Greek ὀρθοστάτης.

Etymology: < classical Latin orthostata vertical post, upright (Vitruvius), or its etymon ancient Greek ὀρθοστάτης upright shaft, pillar, building stone laid with the longest edge vertical < ὀρθο- ortho- comb. form + -στατης -stat comb. form¹.

Archaeology.

An upright stone or slab, either forming part of a structure or set in the ground as a monument.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone

stone847

standing stone1180

longstone1651

hoar-stone1666

pillar-stone1723

lech1768

holed-stone1769

stela1776

bluestone1812

menhir1819

stele1820

monolith1836

tanist-stone1851

megalith1853

orthostat1909

1909 A. Marquand Greek Archit. ii. 67 The orthostatai were set off from the vertical face of the wall.., and, even when the entire wall was covered with stucco, formed a more or less visible base.

1926 D. G. Hogarth Kings of Hittites ii. 26 (caption) Orthostats of south gateway.

1933 Antiquity 7 222 The orthostates rest against pairs of jambs kept apart by sills rising to about half the height of the chambers.

1959 D. S. Robertson Handbk. Greek & Rom. Archit. (ed. 2) iv. 50 This feature is probably a survival from the period of sun-dried brick, when the orthostatai and their backing were alone of stone.

1970 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 454/1 The practice of setting a series of stone slabs, called orthostates, at the bottom of a wall below the mud-brick upper parts became common in the Assyrian period.

1974 F. Emery Oxfordshire Landscape i. 36 They, or their close followers the Beaker people, also built circles of standing stones..and orthostats.

1983–4 Nat. World Winter–Spring 17/1 At Kestor..great boulders or ‘orthostats’ mark the ancient field boundaries.

1993 C. Tilley Interpretative Archaeol. ii. 84 The resultant form, the stalled cairn, could have anything up to fourteen pairs of stalls, separated by orthostats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orthostat
释义	orthostatn. Brit. /ˈɔːθəstat/, U.S. /ˈɔrθəˌstæt/ Inflections: Plural orthostats, (rare) orthostatai. Forms: 1900s– orthostat, 1900s– orthostate Brit. /ˈɔːθəsteɪt/, U.S. /ˈɔrθəˌsteɪt/. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin orthostata; Greek ὀρθοστάτης. Etymology: < classical Latin orthostata vertical post, upright (Vitruvius), or its etymon ancient Greek ὀρθοστάτης upright shaft, pillar, building stone laid with the longest edge vertical < ὀρθο- ortho- comb. form + -στατης -stat comb. form¹. Archaeology. An upright stone or slab, either forming part of a structure or set in the ground as a monument. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone stone847 standing stone1180 longstone1651 hoar-stone1666 pillar-stone1723 lech1768 holed-stone1769 stela1776 bluestone1812 menhir1819 stele1820 monolith1836 tanist-stone1851 megalith1853 orthostat1909 1909 A. Marquand Greek Archit. ii. 67 The orthostatai were set off from the vertical face of the wall.., and, even when the entire wall was covered with stucco, formed a more or less visible base. 1926 D. G. Hogarth Kings of Hittites ii. 26 (caption) Orthostats of south gateway. 1933 Antiquity 7 222 The orthostates rest against pairs of jambs kept apart by sills rising to about half the height of the chambers. 1959 D. S. Robertson Handbk. Greek & Rom. Archit. (ed. 2) iv. 50 This feature is probably a survival from the period of sun-dried brick, when the orthostatai and their backing were alone of stone. 1970 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 454/1 The practice of setting a series of stone slabs, called orthostates, at the bottom of a wall below the mud-brick upper parts became common in the Assyrian period. 1974 F. Emery Oxfordshire Landscape i. 36 They, or their close followers the Beaker people, also built circles of standing stones..and orthostats. 1983–4 Nat. World Winter–Spring 17/1 At Kestor..great boulders or ‘orthostats’ mark the ancient field boundaries. 1993 C. Tilley Interpretative Archaeol. ii. 84 The resultant form, the stalled cairn, could have anything up to fourteen pairs of stalls, separated by orthostats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1909
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