hexastyle, a. and n.
(ˈhɛksəstaɪl)
Also 8 erron. hectastyle.
[ad. Gr. ἑξάστῡλ-ος, f. ἕξ six (hexa-) + στῦλος pillar. Cf. F. hexastyle.]
A. adj. Having six columns; applied to a portico or to the fa{cced}ade of a temple.
| 1748 De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 301 (D.) One of the largest..hectastyle porticoes in the kingdom. 1827 Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 607/1 The hexastyle temple at Pæstum. 1832 W. Wilkins in Philol. Museum I. 541 We have two examples of hexastyle peripteral temples. |
B. n. A portico or fa{cced}ade having six columns.
| 1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Hexastyle, an Ancient Building which had six Columns in the Face before, and six also behind. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The temple of Honour and Virtue at Rome..was a hexastyle. 1866 Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. viii. 140 Behind the Doric hexastyle was a magnificent hall 60 feet broad. |
Hence hexaˈstylar a. = hexastyle a.