scamillus means A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without mouldings and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
Etymology
From Latin [Term?] (“a little bench”), from scamnum (“bench, stool”).
noun
- A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without mouldings and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.