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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “with pillars before and behind”).
Noun
amphiprostȳlos m (genitive amphiprostȳlī); second declension
- a temple with pillars at each end, but not at the side
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
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