apophyge

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  1. noun The outward curve at the top and bottom of a column where the shaft joins the capital or base.

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  1. Greek apophugē, from apopheugein, apophug-, to flee : apo-, apo- + pheugein, to flee.

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  1. New Latin (cf. French apophyge, from Latin apophygis), from Greek άποφνγή, literally an escape, from άποφενγειν, flee away, escape, from άπό, from, away, + φεν/γειν, flee.
 

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