octostyle

English

Etymology

octo- +‎ -style

Noun

octostyle (plural octostyles)

1. (architecture) A temple or portico with eight columns in front.

   The Parthenon in Athens is an octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastyle.

Related terms

• tetrastyle
• hexastyle
• decastyle

References

• “octostyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Noun

octostyle m (plural octostyles)

1. octostyle