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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 171 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DIAULOS (from Gr. &-, double, and ai,X6s, pipe)

DIAULOS (from Gr. &-,
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DOUBLE
DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)
double, and ai,X6s,
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PIPE
pipe) , in

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ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the

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PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column)

peristyle

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ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the

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GREAT

great

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court of the

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PALAESTRA (Gr. aaXaiarpa)

palaestra, described by

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VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius (v . II), which measured two stadia (1200 ft.) in length; on the

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south

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side this peristyle had two rows of columns, so that in stormy

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WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather the

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RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain might not be driven into the inner

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PART

part . The word was also used in

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ancient

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GREECE

Greece for a

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FOOT

foot-

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RACE

race of twice the usual length .

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