Dictionary entry

Apophyge

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖A‐poph″y‐ge (�), n. [Gr. αποφυγἤ escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. αποφεὔγειν to flee away; απὄ from + φεύγειν to flee: cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; — called also the scape. Parker.