amphiprostylos

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀμφι- (amphi-, “on both sides”) + πρόστῡλον (próstūlon, “portico”), neuter substantivization of πρόστῡλος (próstūlos, “with pillars in front”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [am.pʰɪ.prɔsˈtyː.ɫɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [am.fi.prosˈtiː.los] === Noun === amphiprostȳlos m (genitive amphiprostȳlī); second declension (architecture) a temple with pillars at each end, but not at the side ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (Greek-type). ==== Quotations ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “amphiprostylos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “amphiprostylos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “amphiprostylos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “amphiprostylos”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin