Meaning of apteral | Babel Free

Definitions

1. apterous, wingless
   not-comparable
2. Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.
   not-comparable

Examples

“The female is apteral, but provided with a noisy apparatus for attracting the male's attention.”

“There may, however, be entablature without columns, —where the latter are suppressed, as on the flanks of an apteral temple; or omitted entirely, as in astylar building”

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