- a variation of hypethral.
hypaethral
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of hypaethral
C18: from Latin hypaethrus uncovered, from Greek hupaithros, from hypo- + aithros clear sky
Example Sentences
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I have called this imaginary temple hypaethral, because the master left nine openings in the flattened surface of the central vault.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds
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
The hypaethral is decastyle in both front and rear porticoes.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Nor did the Romans construct hypaethral or uncovered temples with internal columns, like the Greeks.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements by John Lord
If another desires to amass historical and archaeological facts, measurements of hypaethral temples, modes of burial, folk-lore, fortification, God forbid that I should throw cold water on the quest.
From At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson
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