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Definition of Attic base

Attic base
Attic At"tic, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and ``Roman Doric' orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. Attic faith, inviolable faith. Attic purity, special purity of language. Attic salt, Attic wit, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. Attic story. See Attic, n. Attic style, a style pure and elegant.

Meaning of Attic base from wikipedia

- Attic base is the term given in architecture to the base of Roman Ionic order columns, consisting of an upper and lower torus, separated by a scotia (hollow...
- Flowers in the Attic is a 2014 Lifetime movie directed by Deborah Chow, starring Kiernan Shipka, Ellen Burstyn, Mason Dye, and Heather Graham. It is the...
- Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind...
- are held captive in the attic of their abusive grandmother's sprawling estate by their cruel and mani****tive mother. It is based on V. C. Andrews' 1979...
- The Attic calendar or Athenian calendar is the lunisolar calendar beginning in midsummer with the lunar month of Hekatombaion, in use in ancient Attica...
- Bugz in the Attic is a collective of DJs and producers based in West London, who are prominent in broken beat. The collective includes Orin Walters (Afronaut)...
- (ancient) Gr**** words that the symbols represented. The Attic numerals were a decimal (base 10) system, like the older Egyptian and the later Etruscan...
- Aliens in the Attic is a 2009 American science fiction comedy film directed by John Schultz and written by Mark Burton and Adam F. Goldberg, based on an original...
- into a film, based on a series of novels released under Andrews's name. Neiderman wrote the stage adaptation of Flowers in the Attic based on the novel...
- the Attic (江戸川乱歩猟奇館　屋根裏の散歩者, Edogawa Rampo ryōkikan: yaneura no sanposha) aka Stroller in the Attic, Edogawa Rampo Theater: Walker in the Attic and Walker...