hexastyle

[ hek-suh-stahyl ]

/ ˈhɛk səˌstaɪl /

having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.

Words nearby hexastyle

The hexastyle temple is necessarily more high and more narrow than the octastyle building.

How to judge architecture |Russell Sturgis
It is necessary to emphasize the fact that the passage back of the hexastyle was the normal means of access to the Pinakotheke.

Problems in Periclean Buildings |G. W. Elderkin
The west front, in our Engraving, is occupied by an hexastyle portico of the Ionic order, with fluted columns.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 14, Issue 386, August 22, 1829 |Various
For instance, the number of columns on the side of a hexastyle temple varies from thirteen to seventeen.

Vacation days in Greece |Rufus B. Richardson

The temple was hexastyle and peripteral, and is supposed to have had fourteen columns on the sides.

Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) |Charles Bucke

hexastyle

/ (ˈhɛksəˌstaɪl) architect /

a portico or façade with six columns

having six columns