ditriglyphn.
/dʌɪˈtrʌɪɡlɪf/ Architecture.
1. ‘The space between two triglyphs’.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Ditriglyph, in Architecture, the Space between two Triglyphs.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. II. 947.
1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. II 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 apparently began with quot. 1791, in which it was perhaps an attributive or adjectival use of 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > unit of proportion based on column diameter > proportioning by > spacing of columns > specific
monotriglyph1706
ditriglyph1791
1791 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 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.
1840 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) 66 Ditriglyph.., an interval between two columns, admitting two triglyphs on its entablature; used in the Doric order.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. iii. i. 717 With the exception of the Doric order, wherein the most perfect arrangement of detail results from the interval produced by the ditriglyph, there can be no doubt that..the diastyle and eustyle..are very convenient in use.
3. attributive or adj. = ditrigonal adj.
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1819 P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. I. 389 Ditriglyph, having two triglyphs over the intercolumn.
Derivatives
ditriˈglyphic adj. having two triglyphs in the space over the intercolumniation.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > unit of proportion based on column diameter > specific spacing of columns
systyle1563
eustyle1696
pycnostyle1738
monotriglyph1797
araeosystyle1834
ditriglyphic1837
monotriglyphic1837
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 218 The centre intercolumn..in the Propylæa at Athens, where a ditriglyphic arrangement is employed.
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