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The significance of the number eight referred to above lies in the fact that the component parts of the Græco-Roman orders also are eight in number², and like the five orders themselves, their names are always the same ever since their introduction, though most of them have been given more than one name. They are called, (1) the ovolo, echinus or quarter round; (2) the talon, ogée or reversed cyma; (3) the cyma, cyma-recta or cyma-tium; (4) the torus; (5) the scotia or trochilos; (6) the cavetto, mouth or hollow; (7) the astragal; and (8) the fillet, listel or annulet.