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Definition of Monopteral
1. Adjective. Having circular columniation.
Definition of Monopteral
1. a. Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.
Definition of Monopteral
1. Adjective. (architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monopteral
Literary usage of Monopteral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Papers on Architecture by John Weale (1844)
"... or monopteral, the former epithet indicating that the structure has a circular
colonnade inclosing the cella ; the other that there is no cella, ..."
2. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1878)
"The temples were either monopteral or ... The temples received their light in
different ways: the circular monopteral, formed of columns without walls, ..."
3. The Lives of Celebrated Architects, Ancient Amd Modern: With Historical and by Francesco Milizia, Eliza Taylor tr Cresy (1826)
"Vitruvius alludes to Hermogenes having written on the monopteral Temple of Bacchus
at Teos. || The lower diameter of the columns is 3 feet 3 inches 6-tenths ..."
4. Handbook of Archaeology: Egyptian-Greek-Etruscan-Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1878)
"The temples were either monopteral or ... The temples received their light in
different ways: the circular monopteral, formed of columns without walls, ..."
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