Anta Definition

ăntə
antae, antas
noun
A pilaster forming the end of a projecting lateral wall, as in some Greek temples, and constituting one boundary of the portico.
American Heritage
A pilaster built out from the end of a wall, as on either side of a doorway.
Webster's New World

(architecture) A kind of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

Wiktionary
abbreviation
American National Theatre and Academy.
Webster's New World

Origin of Anta

  • From Latin antae pilasters

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin

    From Wiktionary

Anta Sentence Examples

  • Of that of Hephaestus only two columns remain, while of that of Asclepius, a mile to the south of the town, an anta and two pillars are preserved.

  • In the Chaco the tapir or anta (Tapir americanus) still finds a safe retreat, and the peccary (Dycotyles torquatus) ranges from Cordoba north to the Bolivian frontier.

  • The pachyderms are represented by three species of the peccary (Dicotyles) and two of the anta, or tapir (Tapirus).

  • The walls ended at the front in the form of an anta delicately carved.

  • Numerous species of monkeys inhabit the forests of the tropical region, together with the puma, jaguar, wildcat, coati, tapir or anta, sloth, ant-bear, paca (Coelogenys paca) and capybara.

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