Meanings
adjectiveapteral (not comparable)
- not comparablearchitectureWithout lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.
There may, however, be entablature without columns, —where the latter are suppressed, as on the flanks of an apteral temple; or omitted entirely, as in astylar building
1852, William Henry Leeds, Rudimentary architecture for the use of beginners and students. The orders, and their æsthetic principles,
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Opposite
adjectivehaving columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἄπτερος
- Englishapteral
From Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros) + -al.
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APA
apteral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apteral
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“apteral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apteral. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apteral,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apteral.
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