n. pl. mo·nop·te·roi (-tə-roi′) A classical structure consisting of a circle of pillars supporting a domed roof, often serving as a temple. [Latin monopteros, consisting of a monopteros, having a single row of columns and no cella : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek pteron, wing, winglike thing (perhaps on the model of Greek peripteros, flying or going all around, having a single row of columns all around); see pet- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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