TORUS  , a Latin word, meaning a See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round swelling or protuberance, applied to a See also:

• CONVEX

convex moulding in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, which in See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section is generally a semicircle . The earliest examples are found in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, where it was carried up the angles of the pylon and See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple walls and horizontally across the same . Its most frequent employment is in the bases of columns; in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Doric See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order being the lowest moulding; in the Ionic orders there are generally two torus See also:

• MOULDINGS

mouldings separated by a See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

scotia with fillets . Both in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Roman bases sometimes the torus is elaborately carved .