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diastyle, a. and n. Arch.|ˈdaɪəstaɪl| Also 6–8 in L. and Gr. form diastylos. [mod. ad. L. diastȳlos, Gr. διάστῡλος ‘having a space between the columns’; also ad. Gr. διαστύλιον the intercolumnar space; f. διά through + στῦλος pillar.] A. adj. Of a colonnade or building: Having the intervals between the columns each of three (or four) diameters (in the Doric order, of 23/4). B. n. Such a colonnade or building, or such an interval between columns.
1563Shute Archit. F j a, Diastylos, whose..distaunce betwene the .2. pillers ought to be .3. Diameters or .4. at y⊇ furdest. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn., Diastyle, is a sort of Edifice, where the Pillars stand at such a distance one from another, that three Diameters of their thickness are allow'd for Intercolumniation. 1725Henley tr. Montfaucon's Antiq. Italy (ed. 2) 18 The ancient Colonnade..is a Diastylos of sixteen fluted Columns. 1842–76Gwilt Archit. §2605 The ancient names..of the different intercolumniations..are—the pycnostyle..the systyle..the eustyle..the diastyle..and the aræostyle. 1856M. Lafever Archit. Instructor 358 A colonnade..is designated..as..pycnostyle when the space between the columns is a diameter and a half of the column, systyle when it is two diameters..diastyle when three. |