ditriglyph Arch.
(daɪˈtraɪglɪf)
[a. F. ditriglyphe (Dict. de Trevoux), f. di-2 + triglyphe.]
1. ‘The space between two triglyphs’.
| 1727–51 Chambers Cycl. 1731 Bailey vol. II. 1754 Dict. Arts & Sc. II. 947. 1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. II. 11 Ditriglyph, the intervening space between two triglyphs. [Cf. Littré s.v. Ditriglyphe.] |
2. A certain interval (viz. 5½ modules) between columns of the Doric order (nearly but not quite equal to that of the diastyle intercolumniation in the other orders, which is 6 modules), admitting the use of two triglyphs in the frieze, between those over the columns.
(This sense app. began with quot. 1791, in which it was perhaps an attrib. or adj. use of 1.)
| 1791 Sir. W. Chambers Civil Archit. (ed. 3) 80 Setting..aside the pycnostyle and systyle dispositions,..the diastyle intercolumniation..may be employed..in all the orders, excepting the Doric; in which the most perfect interval is the ditriglyph. 1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. II. 11 Ditriglyph, in intercolumniations, the placing of two triglyphs over the intercolumn, so that a triglyph being placed over each of the two outermost columns, will form the ditriglyph. 1842 Gwilt Encycl. Archit. 717. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms (ed. 5) 166 Ditriglyph, an interval between two columns, admitting two triglyphs in the entablature; used in the Doric order. |
3. attrib. or adj. = next.
| 1819 P. Nicholson Dict. Archit. I. 389 Ditriglyph, having two triglyphs over the intercolumn. |
So ditriˈglyphic a., having two triglyphs in the space over the intercolumniation.
| 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 218 The centre intercolumn..in the Propylæa at Athens, where a ditriglyphic arrangement is employed. |