amphiprostyle

American  

[am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl] / æmˈfɪp rəˌstaɪl, ˌæm fəˈproʊ staɪl /

adjective

1. prostyle on both fronts.

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amphiprostyle British  

/ ˌæmfɪˈprəʊstaɪl, æmˈfɪprəˌstaɪl /

adjective

1. (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides

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noun

1. a temple of this kind

Other Word Forms

• amphiprostylar
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of amphiprostyle

1700–10; < Latin amphiprostȳlus < Greek amphipróstȳlos. See amphi-, prostyle

Example Sentences

The form of the building is that known as amphiprostyle 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.

Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

First there is the temple in antis, or ναος ἑν παραστἁσιν as it is called in Greek; then the prostyle, amphiprostyle, peripteral, pseudodipteral, dipteral, and hypaethral.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Without lateral columns; Ð applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah