Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PROPYLON
Prop "y *lon, n.; pl. Propyla. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. (Anc. Arch. )
Defn: The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
New American Oxford Dictionary
propylon
prop y lon |ˈpräpəˌlän ˈprɑpəˌlɑn | ▶noun ( pl. propylons or propyla |-lə | ) another term for propylaeum. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek propulon, from pro ‘before ’ + pulē ‘gate. ’
Oxford Dictionary
propylon
propylon |ˈprɒpɪlɒn | ▶noun ( pl. propylons or propyla |-lə | ) another term for propylaeum. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek propulon, from pro ‘before ’ + pulē ‘gate ’.
Duden Dictionary
Propylon
Pro py lon Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Pr o pylon |das Propylon; Genitiv: des Propylons, Plural: die Propyla griechisch própylon, Nebenform von: propýlaia, Propyläen (in der Antike ) Eingangstor zu Heiligtümern, Burgen, Palästen, öffentlichen Plätzen o. Ä.
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