pseudodipteral, a. Anc. Arch.
(ps-, sjuːdəʊˈdɪptərəl)
[f. late Gr. ψευδοδίπτερ-ος (Vitruv.) + -al1; see pseudo- and dipteros: in F. pseudo-diptère.]
Having, as a temple or other building, a single peristyle or surrounding row of columns, placed at the same distance from the walls as the outer of the two rows in the dipteros. So † pseudoˈdipter, ‖ pseudoˈdipteron, a building of this type; also, pseudoˈdipterally adv.
| 1696 Phillips (ed. 5), Pseudodipter. 1706 Ibid., Pseudodipteron,..a kind of Temple among the Ancients, which was surrounded with but one Row of Pillars; yet the Row from the Wall was set at the Distance of two Rows. 1821 New Monthly Mag. II. 304 We have pseudodipteral, pseudology,..and many similar words. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 74/1 The temple of Venus and Roma... This main edifice was..remarkable as being not only decastyle, but pseudo-dipteral also. 1842–76 Gwilt Archit. Gloss. s.v. Temple, The pseudo-dipteral temple was constructed with eight columns in front and rear and with fifteen on the sides, including those at the angles. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 471/1 The portico of University College, London, is pseudo-dipterally arranged, the returning columns on the ends or sides not being carried through behind those in front. |