hypaethral temple

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• hypaethral — adjective Etymology: Latin hypaethrus exposed to the open air, from Greek hypaithros, from hypo + aithēr ether, air more at ether Date: 1794 1. having a roofless central space < hypaethral temple > 2. open to the sky …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Hypaethral — is an ancient temple with no roof. (From the Latin hypaethrus , from Ancient Greek hupaithros hupo under + aithr, sky, air.) It has instead a hypaethros or hypaethral opening. It was described by the Roman architect Vitruvius in his treatise On… …   Wikipedia

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• Hypaethros — or hypaethral opening is the Greek term quoted by Vitruvius (iii. 2) for the opening in the middle of the roof of decastyle temples, of which there was no example in Rome, but one in Athens in the temple of Jupiter Olympius, which is octostyle …   Wikipedia

• Opisthodome — L opisthodome était, dans les temples de l antiquité grecque, une partie distincte, tout comme le pronaos (ou portique) et le naos (ou sanctuaire). Ainsi que son nom l indique, Οπισθόδομος, de őπισθεν (opistho = en arrière) et δόμος (domos =… …   Wikipédia en Français

• hupaithric — adjective Roofless; open to the sky. that spacious cell Like an hupaithric temple wide and high Syn: hypaethric, hypethral, hypaethral …   Wiktionary