hypaethral

British  

/ hɪˈpiːθrəl, haɪ- /

adjective

1. (esp of a classical temple) having no roof

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Etymology

Origin of hypaethral

C18: from Latin hypaethrus uncovered, from Greek hupaithros, from _hypo- + aithros clear sky

Example Sentences

But they must all be brought together in line before the grand portals of Nature's hypaethral temple will open to her chosen student.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various

But when he crosses the last threshold he finds this mid-most sanctuary to be a hypaethral temple, and in its custody and care a simple earth and a space of sky.

From Hearts of Controversy by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson

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 smoke of thy altar-fires, the steam of thy incense, and the odors of thy sanctity rise from every hypaethral shrine in Rome.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 by Various

The hypaethral is decastyle in both front and rear porticoes.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio