suppedaneum

发音

/sʌpɪˈdeɪnɪəm/

词形变化

suppedanea 复数 suppedanea

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross

    2002: At the center of the O, a nimbed Christ is fixed to a cross with a large serpent coiled at its base, his feet on a suppedaneum. — Celia Chazell, Reading Medieval Images, ed. Thelma Thomas & Elizabeth Sears (University of Michigan 2005, p. 27)

  2. 2.

    the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands

词源

From Late Latin suppedāneum, neuter of suppedāneus (“under the feet”), composed of sup- (“under”) + ped- (“foot”) + -aneus (“-aneous”).

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