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語源

From Latin monopteros, from Ancient Greek μονόπτερος (monópteros), from μονο- (mono-, “mono-”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing; circle of columns”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /məˈnɒptəɹəs/

名詞

monopteros (plural monopteroi)

1. (architecture) A classical temple made up of one circle of columns supporting a roof.
   • 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 199:

     I leafed through the various boxes and drawers, staring sometimes for minutes on end at a star-shaped vault or diamond frieze, a hermitage, a monopteros or a mausoleum, without knowing what I was looking at or why.

等位語

• dipteros
• peripteros
• pseudodipteron
• pseudoperipteros

派生語