peripteral
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of peripteral
1820–30; < Latin peripter ( on ) (< Greek, noun use of neuter of perípteros encompassed round with columns, literally, flying around; see peri-, -pterous) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Behind this pediment is a cupola, finished by a lantern light, in imitation of a peripteral temple, crowning and ornamenting a grand octagonal vestibule, or saloon.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) by Various
They are all planned like a temple in antis,—the earliest form, from which the peripteral easily follows.
From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland
The temple is of the kind called peripteral hexastyle.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
It was peripteral, octastyle; that is, surrounded with a portico of columns, with eight to each façade.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
A temple will be peripteral that has six columns in front and six in the rear, with eleven on each side including the corner columns.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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