Atlantes \At*lan"tes\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?. See Atlas.]

(Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. --Oxf. Gloss. [1913 Webster]

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Atlantes \At*lan"tes\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?. See Atlas.]

(Arch.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. --Oxf. Gloss.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)