suppedaneum

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands

词形变化

suppedanea plural

词源

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