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peripteros

peripteros noun: a type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.

Noun

peripteros (plural peripteroi)

  1. A type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.

Forms of peripteros

pluralperipteroi

Origin of peripteros

Ancient Greek περίπτερος (perípteros)

Questions about peripteros

What does peripteros mean?
Peripteros means a type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.
What part of speech is peripteros?
Peripteros is a noun.
What is the plural of peripteros?
The plural of peripteros is peripteroi.

Words near peripteros in the dictionary

  1. peripter
  2. peripteral
  3. peripterals
  4. peripteries
  5. peripteroi
  6. peripteros
  7. peripterous
  8. peripters
  9. periptery
  10. periptychid
  11. periptychids

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