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.
antae
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pluralof anta.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
On a parapet at the rear of each chamber a single slender Ionic column between two antae supported an Ionic entablature.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
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
It consists of four columns and two antae, of the Grecian Ionic order, supporting an entablature and pediment, and forming together one grand portico.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 by Various
If the width is to be more than forty feet, let columns be placed inside and opposite to the columns between the antae.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
