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The unsung hero that lifts statues to glory and takes none of the credit.
means A plinth is the heavy, often square base or block that supports a column, statue, vase, or piece of furniture, raising it off the floor.
from From Greek 'plinthos,' meaning a brick or squared stone or tile, which passed into Latin as 'plinthus' and on into English in the 17th century. The Greek word itself is of uncertain deeper origin, but its sense was always about the solid, rectangular block — the humble brick that, multiplied and elevated, became architecture.
- job description
- Holds heavy things up, asks for nothing
- empty ones
- Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth swaps art regularly
- word root
- From Greek plinthos, meaning a brick
- architecture
- Base where a column meets the ground
- power move
- An empty plinth implies someone earned removal
parthenon base — massive marble plinth supporting the parthenon in athens, built 447-432 bce
nelson's column plinth — granite plinth in trafalgar square, london, inscribed with nelson's name and battle details
statue of liberty plinth — concrete and granite base in new york harbor designed by richard morris hunt, completed 1886