Doric order proportions. It is suggested that these proportions give the Doric columns a masculine appearance, whereas the more slender Ionic columns appear to represent a more feminine look. This sense of masculinity and femininity was often used to determine which type of column would be used for a particular structure. The most influential, and perhaps the earliest, use of the Doric in Renaissance architecture was in the circular "Tempietto" by Donato Bramante (1502 or later), in the courtyard of San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. Before Greek Revival architecture grew, initially in England, in the 18th century, the Greek or elaborated Roman
Doric Greek (shortened to "-s-" in Attic). Initial "w" (ϝ) is preserved in earlier Doric (lost in Attic). Literary texts in Doric and inscriptions from the Hellenistic age have no digamma. For information on the peculiarities of Doric accentuation, see Ancient Greek accent#Dialect variation Numeral "tetores" ~ Attic "tettares", Ionic "tesseres" "four". Ordinal "prātos" ~ Attic–Ionic "prōtos" "first". Demonstrative pronoun "tēnos" "this" ~ Attic–Ionic "(e)keinos" "t" for "h" (from Proto-Indo-European "s") in article and demonstrative pronoun. Third person plural, athematic or root aorist "-n" ~ Attic "-san". First person plural active "-mes" ~ Attic–Ionic "-men". Future "-se-ō" ~ Attic "-s-ō". Modal particle