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Cymae vs Cymas - What's the difference?

cymae | cymas |

In plural of|cyma|lang=en terms the difference between cymae and cymas

is that cymae is while cymas is .

As nouns the difference between cymae and cymas

is that cymae is while cymas is .

cymae

English

Noun

  • * 1905 , American Journal of Archaeology , page 76
    • Acanthus blossoms, drying like immortelles, “bloom continually” (Hellanicus, ap.'' Athen. XV, 680 a). Therefore carved acanthus garlands adorn the Erechtheum, while the plant is carved on cymae , stelae-acroteria (Conze, ''Attische Grabreliefs'', pl. clxv) and antefixes (Lycian Payava Tomb), and is sketched from life on white Athenian lecythi (''Brit. Mus. Coll. pl. xiv), which, conventionalized, it constantly encircles.
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    cymas

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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