Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dipteral building or temple; a portico with two ranges of columns. See
dipteral , 2.
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A temple was called dipteros if it were surrounded by a double colonnade, and psuedo-dipteros when the inner row of columns was not used.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
missanthropist commented on the word dipteros
Greek Fly. As in...sect.
July 11, 2008