AMPHIPROSTYLE Definition & Meaning

amphiprostyle

[ am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

prostyle on both fronts.

amphiprostyle

/ ˌæmfɪˈprəʊstaɪl; æmˈfɪprəˌstaɪl /

adjective

(esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides

noun

a temple of this kind

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Derived Forms

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of amphiprostyle¹

1700–10; < Latin ��󾱱��ǲ��ٲ�̄��ܲ� < Greek ��󾱱��ó��ٲ�̄��ǲ�. See amphi-, prostyle

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Without lateral columns; Ð applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.

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The form of the building is that known as amphiprostyle peripteral hexastyle.

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It also was of the Ionic order, and belonged to the type known as “amphiprostyle,” with a portico of four columns in the front and rear but no peristyle.

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Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle.

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