pteron

[ ter-on ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
2. the space between this and the cella.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pteron¹

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

Example Sentences

Pteron, tē′ron, n. a range of columns, portico.—n.

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The building consisted of five parts—a basement or podium, a pteron or enclosure of columns, a pyramid, a pedestal and a chariot group.

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From the portions that have been recovered, it appears that the principal frieze of the pteron represented combats of Greeks and Amazons.

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Above the pteron rose the pyramid, mounting by 24 steps to an apex or pedestal.

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An order of insects, so called from a peculiarity in their wings, the superior being coriaceous at the base and membranous at the apex, ἡμισυ, hemisu, half, and πτερον, pteron, wing.

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