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pteron
[ ter-on ]
noun
, Architecture.
- (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- the space between this and the cella.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pteron1
1840–50; < Latin < Greek pterón literally, wing
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Example Sentences
The 838 pteron consisted (according to Pliny) of thirty-six columns of the Ionic order, enclosing a square cella.
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Above the pteron rose the pyramid, mounting by 24 steps to an apex or pedestal.
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The generic name is derived from the Greek word pteron, “a wing,” and the specific name comes from the Latin aquila, “an eagle.”
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It comes from two Greek words orthos, meaning straight, and pteron, meaning a wing.
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Greek, pteron, a wing, the feathery fronds suggesting the wings of a bird.
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