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hexastyle, a. and n.|ˈhɛksəstaɪl|
Also 8 erron. hectastyle.
[ad. Gr. ἑξάστῡλ-ος, f. ἕξ six (hexa-) + στῦλος pillar. Cf. F. hexastyle.]
A. adj. Having six columns; applied to a portico or to the façade of a temple.
1748De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 301 (D.) One of the largest..hectastyle porticoes in the kingdom. 1827Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 607/1 The hexastyle temple at Pæstum. 1832W. Wilkins in Philol. Museum I. 541 We have two examples of hexastyle peripteral temples.
B. n. A portico or façade having six columns.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Hexastyle, an Ancient Building which had six Columns in the Face before, and six also behind. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., The temple of Honour and Virtue at Rome..was a hexastyle. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. viii. 140 Behind the Doric hexastyle was a magnificent hall 60 feet broad.
Hence hexaˈstylar a. = hexastyle a. |