pteron

[ ter-on ]

nounArchitecture.
  1. (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.

  2. the space between this and the cella.

Origin of pteron

1
1840–50; <Latin <Greek pterón literally, wing

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