Statumen signifies generally whatsoever is made use of to support any thing in Architecture; it is Mortar mixt with Pibbles, which served for the first Lay or Bed in Flooring.
Systyle, from σὺν con, and στὺλος columna; signifies building where the Pillars seem to be joyned together, for the Intercolumniation is but of two Diameters of the Pillars.
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Orus is a Member in the Base which is round, in the form of a great Ring; it comes from the Latin word Torus, which signifies a Bed.
Tringle is a little square Member, which is directly upon every Triglyph, under the Platt-band of the Architrave, from whence hang down the Guttæ, or pendant Drops in the Dorick Order.
Triglyph, from τρὶς ter, and γλὺφος sculptura; because it’s divided into three parts, and engraved, it is a Member in the Freeze of the Dorick Order, directly upon every Pillar, and in certain spaces in the Intercolumniations.
Tympan signifies a Drum; it’s that part of the bottom of the Frontons which answers the naked of the Freeze; it is triangular, and placed upon the Cornice of the Entablature, and covered over again with two other Cornices which slope a little.
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