pteron
Americannoun
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(in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
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the space between this and the cella.
Etymology
Origin of pteron
1840–50; < Latin < Greek pterón literally, wing
Example Sentences
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The building consisted of five parts—a basement or podium, a pteron or enclosure of columns, a pyramid, a pedestal and a chariot group.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
It comes from two Greek words orthos, meaning straight, and pteron, meaning a wing.
From The Insect Folk by Margaret Warner Morley
Above the pteron rose the pyramid, mounting by 24 steps to an apex or pedestal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
An order of insects, so called from a peculiarity in their wings, the superior being coriaceous at the base and membranous at the apex, ἡμισυ, hemisu, half, and πτερον, pteron, wing.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
From the portions that have been recovered, it appears that the principal frieze of the pteron represented combats of Greeks and Amazons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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