单词 | hypaethral |
释义 | hypaethralhypethraladj. 1. Open to the sky; having no roof.In its application to buildings adopted from Vitruvius, who used it to designate a supposed type of Greek temple, in which the cella was left wholly or partly uncovered. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > not rooflessOE unthatched1570 unvaulted1589 distectured1632 tect-demolished1632 unroofed1665 hypaethral1794 hupaithric1817 upaithric1819 disroofed1871 thatchless1882 c1720 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture IV. i. iii. 9 All the space surrounded by the inner columns was open, whence the Prospect of such Temples was Hypethros, that is, uncover'd.] 1794 Rudim. Anc. Archit. (ed. 2) 107 The internal colonnade to the hypaethral temple is a peristyle. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 377 The Patio is an hypethral quadrilateral oblong of some 120 ft. by 60. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. i. 1 The old Elizabethan house, built as an hypaethral quadrangle with cloisters, stands on a hill looking southward. a1876 M. Collins Pen Sketches (1879) I. 26 The builders of Stonehenge..sought to make their hypaethral temple sublime in its vastness. 2. Open-air. Also as n. (nonce-use): One who lives in the open air. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > that exists or is done in the open air outward1546 subdial1647 without doors1654 subaeriala1703 outdoor1748 al fresco1760 extra-foraneous1781 out of door1786 out of doors1822 open air1851 open-aired1873 hypaethral1875 out-by1896 the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > open air > one who is or goes out-of-doors out-of-doorer1839 hypaethral1875 1875 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 135 Being much of an hypaethral, I augured ill from it. 1879 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 246 The Greek and Istrian marbles used at Venice are absolutely defiant of hypæthral influences. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 184 What a hypaethral story it is, how much of it passes in the open air! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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