Advertisement
Advertisement
decastyle
[dek-uh-stahyl]
adjective
having ten columns.
(of a classical temple) having ten columns on one front or on each front.
decastyle
/ ˈɛəˌٲɪ /
noun
architect a portico consisting of ten columns
Word History and Origins
Origin of decastyle1
Example Sentences
Decastyle, dek′a-stīl, n. a portico with ten columns in front.
The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.
In other words Agrippa’s portico was decastyle; the actual portico is octastyle.
The temple was a decastyle peripteral structure of the Ionic order, standing on seven steps and possessing double rows of outer columns 60 ft. high, twenty-one in each row on the flanks.
The hypaethral is decastyle in both front and rear porticoes.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse