octostyle
English
Etymology
octo- + -style
Noun
octostyle (plural octostyles)
- (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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.