amphiprostyle

[ am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl ]

adjective

1. prostyle on both fronts.

amphiprostyle

/ ˌæmfɪˈprəʊstaɪl; æmˈfɪprəˌstaɪl /

adjective

1. (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides

noun

1. a temple of this kind

Derived Forms

• amˌphiproˈstylar, adjective

Other Words From

• am·phipro·stylar adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of amphiprostyle¹

1700–10; < Latin amphiprostȳlus < Greek amphipróstȳlos. See amphi-, prostyle

Example Sentences

Without lateral columns; Ð applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.

From Project Gutenberg

The form of the building is that known as amphiprostyle peripteral hexastyle.

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It also was of the Ionic order, and belonged to the type known as “amphiprostyle,” with a portico of four columns in the front and rear but no peristyle.

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Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle.

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