peripteral

[ puh-rip-ter-uhl ]

adjective

1. (of a classical temple or other structure) surrounded by a single row of columns.

peripteral

/ pəˈrɪptərəl /

adjective

1. having a row of columns on all sides

Word History and Origins

Origin of peripteral¹

1820–30; < Latin peripter ( on ) (< Greek, noun use of neuter of perípteros encompassed round with columns, literally, flying around; peri-, -pterous ) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of peripteral¹

C19: from peri- + -pteral, from Greek pteron wing

Example Sentences

The peripteral arrangement, which is a constant principle in Greek architecture, is no more than a rare accident in that of Egypt.

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The temple was hexastyle and peripteral, and is supposed to have had fourteen columns on the sides.

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It occurs in the peripteral temple at Elephantiné, but that is quite an exception (Fig. 141).

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It was peripteral, octastyle; that is, surrounded with a portico of columns, with eight to each façade.

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Again, most of the Grecian Doric temples were peripteral,--surrounded with pillars on all the sides.

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