anfipróstilo
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
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Adjective edit
anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)
- (architecture) amphiprostyle (having columns at either end but not along the sides)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)
Noun edit
anfipróstilo m (plural anfipróstilos)
- (architecture) an amphiprostyle building
Further reading edit
- “anfipróstilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014