| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| anta |
| |
 |
| SYLLABICATION: | an·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. an·tae (-t )
A pilaster forming the end of a projecting lateral wall, as in some Greek temples, and constituting one boundary of the portico. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin antae, pilasters.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
