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Definition of Imbrex
1. Noun. A roof tile common in Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, used in an overlapping formation with the tegula. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imbrex
1. a type of tile in Roman buildings [n IMBRICES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbrex
Literary usage of Imbrex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"10, 2. at the lower edge, ro as to fit in to the upper edge of the next tile,
and the joints were covered with a semicircular joint-tile (imbrex). ..."
2. Selected Fragments of Roman Poetry: From the Earliest Times of the Republic by William Walter Merry (1898)
"(THE identity in meaning of imbrex and Tegula suggests that the author of the '
Neaera' is the P. Licinius Tegula, the writer of a sacred hymn ordered by ..."
3. Bulletin of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1891)
"In the earlier forms of this variety the reflexed edge is low and is accompanied
by a semi-cylindrical imbrex. At a very early date, however, ..."
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