Metope

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmÉ›təʊp/, /ˈmÉ›tÉ™pi/

Alternative forms

• metopa (obsolete)

Origin

From Latin metopa and its source, Hellenistic Greek μετόπη, from Ancient Greek μετά (meta, "meta-") + ὀπή (opē, "hole").

Full definition of metope

Noun

1. (architecture) The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
• 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 117:There's a second plate of that metope that shows the full figures of both Perseus and Medusa and includes the winged horse Pegasus that was born of Medusa's blood.----