at|lan|tes

at|lan|tes
at|lan|tes «at LAN teez», noun (plural), singular at|las.
Architecture. supporting columns or pilasters sculptured as figures, or half figures of men (distinguished from caryatids, figures of women).
[< Latin Atlantes < Greek Átlantes, plural of Átlās Atlas]

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