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Apophyge

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. a r04vyi, a flying off), in architecture, the lowest part of the shaft of an Ionic or Corinthian column, or the highest member of its base if the column be considered as a whole. The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the upper edge of which the diminishing shaft rests.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Apophyge'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/apophyge.html. 1910.
 
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