systyle

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English

Etymology

From Latin systȳlos, from Ancient Greek σύστῡλος (sústūlos, “with columns standing close”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “column”): compare French systyle.

Pronunciation

Adjective

systyle (not comparable)

  1. (architecture) Having a space equal to two diameters or four modules between two columns; said of a portico or building.

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Noun

systyle (plural systyles)

  1. (architecture) A systyle temple or other edifice.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “systyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From Latin systylos, from Ancient Greek σύστυλος (sústulos) composed of σύν (sún) and στῦλος (stûlos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sis.til/
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Noun

systyle m (plural systyles)

  1. arrangement of colonnade where the space between columns is twice the diameter of each
    Les anciens, au dire de Vitruve, comptaient cinq espèces de temples (…). Ils appelaient : (…) systyle, celui dans lequel l'entre-colonnement mesurait deux diamètres. (Ch. Blanc, Grammaire des arts et du dessin, 1876, p. 221)

Adjective

systyle (plural systyles)

  1. having this arrangement
    portique systyle.

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