A-pŏph'y-ge, n.

n. [Fr. apophyge, Lat. apophygis, Vitr., Gr. ἀποφυγή, escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, from ἀποφεύγειν, to flee away, from ἀπό, from, and φεύγειν, to flee; φυγή, flight.] (Arch.) That part of a column where it springs out of its base, usually shaped into a hollow;—called also the scape or spring of the column. Garl.