anta

Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tə/

The English word “anta” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.

Learned borrowing from Latin antae (“pilasters”), with a back-formed singular form.

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