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τετρᾰ-χορδος

tetrachordos

four-stringed

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What it meant

τετρᾰ-χορδος · tetra-chordos — LSJ

four-stringed

four-stringed, ὄργανον Ath. 4.183a; λύρα Str. 13.2.4.

II tetrachord, scale of four notes

Subst. -χορδον, τό, tetrachord, i.e. scale of four notes, comprising two tones and a half, Arist. Pr. 922b8, Fr. 47, Plu. An.procr. 2.1021e, etc.: metaph., (sc. παθῶν) Aristo Stoic. 1.85, cf. Jul. Caes. 315c.

Where it came from

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