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decastyle
Sometimes ··ٲ·
[dek-uh-stahyl]
adjective
Architecture.
having ten columns.
(of a classical temple) having ten columns on one front or on each front.
decastyle
/ ˈɛəˌٲɪ /
noun
architect a portico consisting of ten columns
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of decastyle1
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Decastyle, dek′a-stīl, n. a portico with ten columns in front.
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The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.
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In other words Agrippa’s portico was decastyle; the actual portico is octastyle.
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The temple was a decastyle peripteral structure of the Ionic order, standing on seven steps and possessing double rows of outer columns 60 ft. high, twenty-one in each row on the flanks.
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The hypaethral is decastyle in both front and rear porticoes.
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