metope

• metopa (obsolete)

From Latin metopa and its source, Hellenistic Greek μετόπη (metópē), from μετά (metá, “between”) +‎ ὀπή (opḗ, “hole”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛtəʊp/, /ˈmɛtəpi/

metope (plural metopes)

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.

• poemet

metope f

1. plural of metopa