单词 | monopteral |
释义 | monopteraladj.n. A. adj. 1. Classical Architecture. Of a temple: built in the form of a monopteros. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > having specific arrangement of columns dipteric1664 porticoed1665 false-wingedc1720 round-wingedc1720 peripteral1768 pseudodipteral1771 monopteralc1809 dipteral1812 apteral1834 pseudoperipterala1844 amphi-prostylar1875 c1809 J. Soane Lect. Archit. (1929) iii. 48/2 Vitruvius speaks of other temples, whose plans form a perfect circle, denominated Monopteral, that is, with columns but without walls. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder Gloss. 588 Monopteron, or Monopt[e]ral Temple, an edifice consisting of a circular colonnade, supporting a dome, without any inclosing wall. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 118/2 The uppermost is a Corinthian rotunda, forming an open or monopteral temple (i.e. without any cella). 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Nov. 467/1 It is a simple tholus of the monopteral kind. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 432/1 [Sir John] Soane called a monopteral building one without walls but with columns, but did not confine it to circular buildings. ΚΠ 1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/2 (caption) Microscleres [sc. small sponge spicules]... k, monopteral cymba,—proral ptera only, developed at ends, tropidial ptera much enlarged. B. n. A monopteral temple; = monopteros n. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > monopteral monopter1696 monopteros1706 monopteral1845 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > columned structure > structure with specific arrangement of columns diastyle1563 portico1607 porticus1617 peripterosa1652 systyle1664 pseudoperipter1692 monopter1696 peripter1696 pycnostylea1706 amphiprostyle1706 araeostyle1706 dipteros1706 monopteros1706 pseudoperipteros1706 periptery1708 tambour1823 monopteral1845 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 243 Monopteros, Monopteral,..a circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without any cell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1809 |
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