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περίστυλος

περίστυλος, with pillars round the wall, surrounded with a colonnade

περίστυλ-ος, ον,
  • surrounded with a colonnade, αὐλή Hdt. 2.148, 153, Muson. Fr. 19 p.108 H., Aphth. Prog. 12; δόμοι E. Andr. 1099; σῦριγξ Callix. 2; ναὸς στοαῖς . . περίστυλος Paus. 6.25.1.
    • II Subst. περίστῡλον, τό, peristyle, colonnade round a temple or round the court of a house, LXX Ez. 42.3 (pl.), D.S. 18.26, IG 5(2).268.50 (Mantinea, i B. C.), J. BJ 1.21.11 (pl.); also, area surrounded by a colonnade, LXX 3 Ma. 5.23, al.:—so περίστῡλος, ὁ, D.S. 1.48: gender indeterminate in IG 42(1).109ii 132, al. (Epid., pl.), Callix. 2, Plb. 10.27.10 (pl.), 15.25A.3, D.S. 1.47, Plu. Arat. 26, Gen.Socr. 2.586b.

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