tetrapylon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.

Word forms

tetrapylon tetrapyla

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράπυλον (tetrápulon, literally “four gates”). Observable as tetra- + pylon.

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