Arch. [a. Fr. amphiprostyle, ad. L. amphiprostȳl-us, a. Gr. ἀμφιπρόστῡλ-ος, f. ἀμφί on both sides + πρόστῡλος PROSTYLE.] ‘A temple having a portico in the rear as well as the front, but without columns at the sides. This … never exceeded the use of four columns in the front, and four in the rear.’ Gwilt.
1705. Phillips, Amphyprostylos or Amphyprostyle, a kind of Temple of the Ancients, which had four Columns or Pillars in the Front, and as many in the Face behind. [So in Bailey, etc. Amphip-.]
1850. Leitch, Müller’s Anc. Art, § 288. Temples are divided into … prostyle, with porticoes on the front, and amphiprostyle, at the two ends.
