See Also: pseudoperipteros(dictionary)

pseudoperipteros (iou)



pseudoperipteros noun. Also (earlier) pseudoperipter. L17.
[Late Greek, formed as PSEUDO- + peripteros PERIPTER.]
Architecture. A form of temple or other building with free columns forming a portico in front (and sometimes in the rear) as in a peripteral building, but with the rest of the columns engaged in the walls instead of standing free.
pseudoperipteral adjective having the structure of a pseudoperipteros M19.