amphiprostylos

See also: Amphiprostylos

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “with pillars before and behind”).

Noun

amphiprostȳlos m (genitive amphiprostȳlī); second declension

1. a temple with pillars at each end, but not at the side

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	amphiprostȳlos	amphiprostȳlī
genitive	amphiprostȳlī	amphiprostȳlōrum
dative	amphiprostȳlō	amphiprostȳlīs
accusative	amphiprostȳlon	amphiprostȳlōs
ablative	amphiprostȳlō	amphiprostȳlīs
vocative	amphiprostȳle	amphiprostȳlī

Descendants

• Catalan: amfipròstil
• English: amphiprostyle
• Italian: anfiprostilo
• Portuguese: anfipróstilo
• Spanish: anfipróstilo

References

• “amphiprostylos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amphiprostylos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “amphiprostylos”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amphiprostylos”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin