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διάτονος

diatonos

on the stretch, vehement

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What it meant

διάτονος · diatonos — LSJ

on the stretch, vehement

on the stretch, vehement, αὖραι Thphr. CP 2.3.1.

2 extending from front to back, bonding courses

extending from front to back, of bonding courses in a wall, Vitr. 2.8.7.

II the diatonic scale

in Music, διάτονον (sc. γένος), τό, the diatonic scale, opp. χρωματικόν, ἐναρμόνιον, Aristox. Harm. p.19M., etc.; δ. μέλος Alciphr. 1.18; δ. μελῳδία D.H. Comp. 19.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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