hypaethral

British  

/ hɪˈpiːθrəl, haɪ- /

adjective

1. (esp of a classical temple) having no roof

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Etymology

Origin of hypaethral

C18: from Latin hypaethrus uncovered, from Greek hupaithros, from _hypo- + aithros clear sky

Example Sentences

The intervening central chamber of proportions in harmony with those of the north porch was to contain the thalassa and the sacred olive, which would require that the temple be in part hypaethral.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

I have called this imaginary temple hypaethral, because the master left nine openings in the flattened surface of the central vault.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

If another desires to amass historical and archaeological facts, measurements of hypaethral temples, modes of burial, folk-lore, fortification, God forbid that I should throw cold water on the quest.

From At Large by Benson, Arthur Christopher

But they must all be brought together in line before the grand portals of Nature's hypaethral temple will open to her chosen student.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 by Various

First there is the temple in antis, or ναος ἑν παραστἁσιν as it is called in Greek; then the prostyle, amphiprostyle, peripteral, pseudodipteral, dipteral, and hypaethral.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio