adj.
Having no columns along the sides. Used especially of a classical temple.
[From Greek apteros, wingless : a-, without; see a-1 + pteron, wing; see -pter.]
apteral
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ap·ter·al (ăp'tər-əl) 
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| Architecture: apteral |
Descriptive of a classical temple or similar building that has no columns along the sides but may have a portico at one or both ends.
| Obscure Words: apteral |
[fr. Gk apteros, wingless]
archaic having no columns along the sides; used especially of a classical temple
| WordNet: apteral |
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides
Antonym: peripteral (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
(of insects) without wings
Synonym: apterous
| Wikipedia: Apteral |
Apteral (from the Greek απτερος, "wingless": α-, "without" + πτερον, "wing") is an architectural term applied to amphiprostyle temples which have no columns on the sides. In the temple Athena Nike known as "Nike Apteros", the adjective is used, not as applying to the goddess of victory but to the absence of any peristyle on the sides.
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