cupola 的詞源

在建築學中，一種拱頂或小圓頂，1540年代，源自意大利語 cupola，源自晚期拉丁語 cupula “小桶”，是拉丁語 cupa “木桶，酒桶”的縮小形式（參見 cup（n.））。因此，“任何結構的圓頂頂部”。

The Italian word signifies a hemispherical roof which covers a circular building, like the Pantheon at Rome or the temple of Vesta at Tivoli. Most modern cupolas are semi-elliptical, cut through their shortest diameter; but the greater number of ancient cupolas were hemispherical. In colloquial use, the cupola is often considered as a diminutive dome, or the name is specifically applied to a small structure rising above a roof and often having the character of a tower or lantern, and in no sense that of a dome. [Century Dictionary, 1897]

意大利語單詞表示覆蓋圓形建築物的半球形屋頂，例如羅馬的萬神殿或蒂沃利的維斯塔神廟。大多數現代圓頂是半橢圓形的，通過它們最短的直徑切割； 但大多數古代圓頂是半球形的。在口語中，圓頂通常被認爲是一個縮小的圓頂，或者這個名字特別適用於一個小結構，高於屋頂，通常具有塔或燈籠的特徵，而不是圓頂的特徵。[世紀詞典，1897年]