caryatidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω (karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι (Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis かつ a festival”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɛəɹiˈætɪd/, /ˌkæɹiˈætɪd/

名詞

caryatid (複数形 caryatids または caryatides)

1. A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
   • 1901, Henry James, Flickerbridge:

     She wore on the top of her head an upright circular cap that made her resemble a caryatid disburdened, and on other parts of her person strange combinations of colours, stuffs, shapes, of metal, mineral and plant.