单词 | peribolos |
释义 | peribolosn. Architecture. Now historical. An enclosure, wall or colonnade around an ancient Greek (or Roman) temple or sacred space; the sacred space enclosed by this. Also occasionally: any wall forming an enclosure. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [noun] parvisc1387 Galileec1593 portico1607 pronaos1614 propylaeum1637 out-porch1641 ante-temple1670 narthex1673 prostyle1683 opisthodomos1706 peribolos1706 choultry1772 posticum1776 propylon1830 proaulion1842 opisthodome1846 atrium1853 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Peribolus (in Archit.) the outward Wall encompassing any Place; also a Park or Warren. 1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece iii. 12 The temple was inclosed by a peribolus or wall. 1820 T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. ix. 255 The peribolus of an ancient temple of the Corinthian order. 1861 T. Lewin Jerusalem 207 The old wall, the outer peribolus of the Temple platform. 1891 A. B. Edwards Pharaohs, Fellahs & Explorers (1892) ii. 43 The peribolos wall, twenty-four feet in thickness. 1911 S. B. Platner Topography & Monuments Anc. Rome (ed. 2) xii. 318 The temple proper was raised on a platform, seven steps high, in the centre of the peribolus. 1933 Times 23 June 18/2 (caption) The Academy of Athens are satisfied that the site of Plato's Academy has been found. Part of the outer wall, or Peribolos..is shown in the larger photograph. 1996 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 100 621/1 Though too poorly preserved to allow for detailed restoration, both buildings may have been unroofed periboloi. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706 |
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