eustyle
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of eustyle
1555–65; < Greek eústȳlos well columned (i.e., with the columns well spaced); see eu-, -style 2
Example Sentences
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Hermogenes, 109; temple of Diana by, 78; determined rules of symmetry for eustyle temples, 82.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
An account must now be given of the eustyle, which is the most approved class, and is arranged on principles developed with a view to convenience, beauty, and strength.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
The columns are then to be distributed over the stylobates in the manner above described: close together in the pycnostyle; in the systyle, diastyle, or eustyle, as they are described and arranged above.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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