araeostyle

[ uh-ree-uh-stahyl ]

adjective

, Architecture.

1. having an intercolumniation of four diameters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of araeostyle¹

1555–65; from Latin araeostȳlus, from Greek araióstȳlos “with few columns,” equivalent to araió(s) “thin, few” + -stylos -style ²

Example Sentences

Araeostyle temples, 78, 80; proportions of columns in, 84.

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In araeostyle temples, the columns should be constructed so that their thickness is one eighth part of their height.

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In araeostyle temples one is free to arrange them as far apart as one likes.

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