prostylen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊstʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈproʊˌstaɪl/

Forms: 1600s prostile, 1600s– prostyle.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prostyle; Latin prostȳlos.

Etymology: < French prostyle, †prostile, noun and adjective (1547 in Middle French) or its etymon classical Latin prostȳlos (adjective) having pillars in front (Vitruvius) < Hellenistic Greek πρόστυλος (only recorded as πρόστυλον portico, use as noun of neuter) < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix² + στῦλος pillar (see styloid adj.).

A. n.

A classical portico at the front of a building (originally, of a Greek temple) having free-standing columns, typically four or six in number, and no side walls. Also: a temple having such a colonnaded portico at the front. Cf. amphiprostyle n. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [noun]

parvisc1387

Galileec1593

portico1607

pronaos1614

propylaeum1637

out-porch1641

ante-temple1670

narthex1673

prostyle1683

opisthodomos1706

peribolos1706

choultry1772

posticum1776

propylon1830

proaulion1842

opisthodome1846

atrium1853

1683 J. Phillips tr. G.-J. Grelot Late Voy. Constantinople 213 This Prostile or Court [Fr. ce prostile] is rais'd very high; there being no less than Thirteen steps up to it.

a1706 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. (1707) 30 The Prostyle, whose Station being at the Front, consisted of only four Columns.

1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 298 Prostyle..a portico, in which the columns stand out quite free from the wall of the building to which it is attached.

1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iii. 359/1 Prostyle, a temple which has a portico in one front, consisting of insulated columns with their entablatures and fastigium.

1904 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 24 57 That the upper courses of the temple walls and the marble entablature and prostyle were built at the time, is a valid supposition, but it is by no means necessary in fact.

1952 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 42 522/1 The prostyles are about all that is left of Hellenic architecture in the design.

1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 522 Prostyle, Building with a colonnade in front of it, usually a portico.

B. adj.

Of a classical or neoclassical building: having a colonnaded portico at the front (sometimes opposed to amphiprostyle, having porticos at both ends). Also of a portico: that is a prostyle.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [adjective] > having portico

prostyle1692

1692 tr. C. Perrault Abridgm. Archit. Vitruvius ii. i. 124 The second Sort of Temples, with Pillars, was called Prostyle [L. prostylos]; which differ'd not from the first, but in this, that besides the 2 Pillars of the Temple, Ad Antes, there were two others, directly on the Angular Antes.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Prostyle, that which has Pillars before only; which was one sort of the Temples of the Ancients.

1759 W. Chambers Treat. Civil Archit. 85 In the ninth Plate are Designs of a Corinthian Prostyle Temple.

1810 Rudim. Anc. Archit. (1821) 125 Prostyle..according to Vitruvius, the second order of temples.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §288. 317 Temples are divided into..prostyle, with porticoes on the front, and amphiprostyle, at the two ends.

1883 J. T. Clarke tr. F. von Reber Anc. Art 200 The next step was the removal of these side walls [antæ]..and the prostyle temple was thus obtained.

1938 Amer. Home Oct. 102/4 It perfected the front portico, or prostyle temple-home, in contrast to the peripteral Southern mansion having columns entirely around the house.

1961 Archit. Hist. 4 26 From time to time wholly new tetrastyle prostyle porticoes appeared on such buildings as the old Bourse at Trieste in 1806..or as the frontispiece to a school at Lecce.

1990 J. Wacher & B. C. Burnham Small Towns of Rom. Brit. (BNC) 22 Those [temples] of classical design and inspiration are infrequent, the most impressive being the tetrastyle prostyle temple set on a high podium and dedicated to Sulis Minerva at Bath.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	prostyle
释义	prostylen.adj. Brit. /ˈprəʊstʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌstaɪl/ Forms: 1600s prostile, 1600s– prostyle. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prostyle; Latin prostȳlos. Etymology: < French prostyle, †prostile, noun and adjective (1547 in Middle French) or its etymon classical Latin prostȳlos (adjective) having pillars in front (Vitruvius) < Hellenistic Greek πρόστυλος (only recorded as πρόστυλον portico, use as noun of neuter) < ancient Greek προ- pro- prefix² + στῦλος pillar (see styloid adj.). A. n. A classical portico at the front of a building (originally, of a Greek temple) having free-standing columns, typically four or six in number, and no side walls. Also: a temple having such a colonnaded portico at the front. Cf. amphiprostyle n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [noun] parvisc1387 Galileec1593 portico1607 pronaos1614 propylaeum1637 out-porch1641 ante-temple1670 narthex1673 prostyle1683 opisthodomos1706 peribolos1706 choultry1772 posticum1776 propylon1830 proaulion1842 opisthodome1846 atrium1853 1683 J. Phillips tr. G.-J. Grelot Late Voy. Constantinople 213 This Prostile or Court [Fr. ce prostile] is rais'd very high; there being no less than Thirteen steps up to it. a1706 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. (1707) 30 The Prostyle, whose Station being at the Front, consisted of only four Columns. 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 298 Prostyle..a portico, in which the columns stand out quite free from the wall of the building to which it is attached. 1850 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. iii. 359/1 Prostyle, a temple which has a portico in one front, consisting of insulated columns with their entablatures and fastigium. 1904 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 24 57 That the upper courses of the temple walls and the marble entablature and prostyle were built at the time, is a valid supposition, but it is by no means necessary in fact. 1952 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 42 522/1 The prostyles are about all that is left of Hellenic architecture in the design. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 522 Prostyle, Building with a colonnade in front of it, usually a portico. B. adj. Of a classical or neoclassical building: having a colonnaded portico at the front (sometimes opposed to amphiprostyle, having porticos at both ends). Also of a portico: that is a prostyle. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [adjective] > having portico prostyle1692 1692 tr. C. Perrault Abridgm. Archit. Vitruvius ii. i. 124 The second Sort of Temples, with Pillars, was called Prostyle [L. prostylos]; which differ'd not from the first, but in this, that besides the 2 Pillars of the Temple, Ad Antes, there were two others, directly on the Angular Antes. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Prostyle, that which has Pillars before only; which was one sort of the Temples of the Ancients. 1759 W. Chambers Treat. Civil Archit. 85 In the ninth Plate are Designs of a Corinthian Prostyle Temple. 1810 Rudim. Anc. Archit. (1821) 125 Prostyle..according to Vitruvius, the second order of temples. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §288. 317 Temples are divided into..prostyle, with porticoes on the front, and amphiprostyle, at the two ends. 1883 J. T. Clarke tr. F. von Reber Anc. Art 200 The next step was the removal of these side walls [antæ]..and the prostyle temple was thus obtained. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 102/4 It perfected the front portico, or prostyle temple-home, in contrast to the peripteral Southern mansion having columns entirely around the house. 1961 Archit. Hist. 4 26 From time to time wholly new tetrastyle prostyle porticoes appeared on such buildings as the old Bourse at Trieste in 1806..or as the frontispiece to a school at Lecce. 1990 J. Wacher & B. C. Burnham Small Towns of Rom. Brit. (BNC) 22 Those [temples] of classical design and inspiration are infrequent, the most impressive being the tetrastyle prostyle temple set on a high podium and dedicated to Sulis Minerva at Bath. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1683
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