octastyle
Americanadjective
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It was peripteral, octastyle; that is, surrounded with a portico of columns, with eight to each façade.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
There is no example of this sort in Rome, but in Athens there is the octastyle in the precinct of the Olympian.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
In other words Agrippa’s portico was decastyle; the actual portico is octastyle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
If an octastyle is to be constructed, let the front be divided into twenty-four parts and a half.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
Then, whether the temple is to be tetrastyle, hexastyle, or octastyle, let one of these parts be taken, and it will be the module.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
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