anta
noun
a rectangular pier or pilaster formed by thickening the end of a masonry wall, and in a classical temple marking one boundary of the portico.
anta
1 American
[an-tuh]
/ ˈæn tə /
noun
Architecture.
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antae,
plural
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antas
plural
ANTA
2
American
[an-tuh]
/ ˈæn tə /
noun
anta
British
/ ˈæntə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of anta1
First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin antae (plural noun only) “pilasters, square pilasters”; see also in antis ( def. )
Origin of ANTA2
A(merican) N(ational) T(heatre and) A(cademy)
Example Sentences
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Bartley’s anta Fe attorney John Day says he’s still looking into the case.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2015
Bartley's anta Fe attorney John Day says he's still looking into the case.
From US News ● May 14, 2015
In Corinthian buildings the anta, where met with, has a capital like that of the column.
From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell
The walls ended at the front in the form of an anta delicately carved.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
Of that of Hephaestus only two columns remain, while of that of Asclepius, a mile to the south of the town, an anta and two pillars are preserved.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Firms like ANTA, the organisers of Irving's Chengdu fan meet last week, have upped their international profile in recent years, building upon their success at home to make headway overseas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The athletes "help us tremendously because they help us to create global awareness, also global reach", Global Basketball General Manager for ANTA, Rocky Fan, told AFP in Chengdu.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Although the Government sometimes gets requests from Congressmen to send little home-town bands abroad, it leaves the selection completely to ANTA.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before long, he bought his way onto Broadway, joined the board of ANTA, then became a member of the Playwrights' Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most important member not yet treated of is the ANTA.
From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell
But Amy upped the antae with two solid waves right before the horn, and claimed the win, with a pair of Emu boots and backpack full of other goodies.
From Time Magazine Archive
These return from the columns which stand third on the inner side to the antae which project from the pronaos, and which touch the edges of the hemicycle at right and left.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The two side gateways, in their elevations, present two insulated Ionic columns, flanked by antae.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829 by Various
The former assumes that the blocks for the two corresponding antae were ordered by the architect without his specifying for which anta the several blocks were intended.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
The pronaos and opisthodomos were each bounded by two Doric columns between antae, surmounted by metopes.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
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