decastyle

[ dek-uh-stahyl ]

adjective

, Architecture.

1. having ten columns.
2. (of a classical temple) having ten columns on one front or on each front.

decastyle

/ ˈdɛkəˌstaɪl /

noun

1. architect a portico consisting of ten columns

Word History and Origins

Origin of decastyle¹

1720–30; < Latin decastȳlos < Greek dekástȳlos, equivalent to déka deca- + -stȳlos -style ²

Example Sentences

Decastyle, dek′a-stīl, n. a portico with ten columns in front.

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The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.

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In other words Agrippa’s portico was decastyle; the actual portico is octastyle.

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The temple was a decastyle peripteral structure of the Ionic order, standing on seven steps and possessing double rows of outer columns 60 ft. high, twenty-one in each row on the flanks.

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The hypaethral is decastyle in both front and rear porticoes.

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