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Definition of Distyle
1. a. Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.
Definition of Distyle
1. Adjective. (architecture) Having two columns in front; said of a temple, portico, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distyle
1. a portico with two columns [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distyle
Literary usage of Distyle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Thus, for porticos of two columns, see distyle ; distyle in Antis. Those of three
columns can hardly be said to exist. For those with four columns, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale by Yale University, Jonathan Edwards (1880)
"Eagle standing in a distyle temple, which has Д. ( . at the sides. Dr. AT Pratt
Head of Trajanus Decius in a beaded circle. No inscription. ..."
3. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building for the Use of Architects by John Bullock (1865)
"... given to single openings by the classical ancients, not only in doors and
windows, but in distyle porticoes (as those of the Tower of the Winds. ..."
4. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building: For the Use of Architects edited by John Bullock (1855)
"... given to single openings by the classical ancients, not only in doors and
windows, but in distyle porticoes (as those of the Tower of the Winds. ..."
5. Catalogue of the Collection of Greek and Roman Coins by Sim, George (1879)
"Gallus—rev. eagle with expanded wings standing in a distyle temple—r., ...
6 i Julia Domna—rev. head of Pallas in a distyle temple—r. and wp, . ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"Diana in a distyle Temple. ... A cone-shaped stone ornamented with ban-reliefs,
standing within a distyle Temple, on the front of which is an eagle with ..."
7. History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1887)
"The building at the head of the great stairs is a distyle hall, having 4 pillars
supporting its roof. On each side of the first public entrance stands a ..."
8. The Sanctuary of Athena Nike in Athens: Architectural Stages and Chronology by Ira S. Mark (1993)
"They date roughly from 580 to 550 and in simple distyle-in-antis arrangement were
about 5 m. ... For the distyle-in-antis reconstruction, Wiegand 1904, pp. ..."
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