antefixa

antefixa (plural antefixae)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of antefix.

antefixa

1. plural of antefixum

Substantive form of antefīxus (“fastened in front of”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [an.tɛˈfiːk.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [an̪.t̪eˈfik.sa]

antefīxa n pl (genitive antefīxōrum); second declension

1. antefixes (small ornaments affixed to the roofs and gutters of houses or temples)

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

• “antefixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antefixa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

• Hyphenation: an‧te‧fi‧xa

antefixa f (plural antefixas)

1. (architecture) antefix (vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of the roof of a classical temple)