- a variation of hypethral.
hypaethral
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of hypaethral
C18: from Latin hypaethrus uncovered, from Greek hupaithros, from hypo- + aithros clear sky
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As far as I could discover, the tradition has no foundation, and in old times there was no garden in the hypaethral court.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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
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
Nor did the Romans construct hypaethral temples, or uncovered, with internal columns, like the Greeks.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
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