Caryatis

Cărўātis, ĭdis, f. , Caryatide [épithète de Diane] || Cărўātĭdes, um, f. , ¶ 1 prêtresses de Diane à Caryæ : Plin. 36, 38 ¶ 2 [fig.] caryatides, statues de femmes qui supportent une corniche : Vitr. Arch. 1, 1, 5.

Carya'tis

(Καρυᾶτις), a surname of Artemis, derived from the town of Caryae in Laconia. Here the statue of the goddess stood in the open air, and maidens celebrated a festival to her every year with dances. (Paus. 3.10.8, 4.16.5 ; Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. 8.30.) [L.S]