antae
- plural of anta.
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
The peristyle being double on the sides, and having a triple range at either end, besides three columns between the antae at each end of the cella, consisted altogether of one hundred and twenty columns.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
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 walls of the cella itself should be thick in proportion to its size, provided that their antae are kept of the same thickness as the columns.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
If the temple is to be more than twenty feet in width, let two columns be placed between the two antae, to separate the pteroma from the pronaos.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
