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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 number,³ 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.