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tetrachordos

tetrachordos · adj

having four strings

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Where it lives

De Architectura 1 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

tē^trăchordos — Lewis & Short

tē^trăchordos, on, adj., = tetra/xordos, on,

I having four strings or notes.

I Adj.: machina, a water-organ, Vitr. 10, 13. —

II Subst. tē^trăchordon (-dum), i, n., a chord of four notes, a tetrachord.

A Lit., Vitr. 5, 4; Mart. Cap. 9, §§ 935 and 941; Macr. S. 1, 19 med.—

B Trop.: anni, i. e. the four seasons, Varr ap. Non. 71, 16.

In the wild

tetrachordos Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.8.2

Where it came from

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