pteroma

[tuh-roh-muh, te-]

noun

plural

pteromata 

1. pteron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pteroma¹

< Latin pterōma < Greek ptérōma

Example Sentences

Others actually remove the temple walls, transferring them to the intercolumniations, and thus, by dispensing with the space needed for a pteroma, greatly increase the extent of the cella.

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If the temple is to be more than twenty feet in width, let two columns be placed between the two antae, to separate the pteroma from the pronaos.

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For the idea of the pteroma and the arrangement of the columns round a temple were devised in order that the intercolumniations might give the imposing effect of high relief; and also, in case a multitude of people should be caught in a heavy shower and detained, that they might have in the temple and round the cella a wide free space in which to wait.

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