pteron

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

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

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

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

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.