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τον-ικός

tonikos

of, for stretching, capable of extension, for accents, resulting from τόνος II.4, contractile

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τον-ικός · ton-ikos — LSJ

of, for stretching, capable of extension

of or for stretching, capable of extension, ὄρνιθες κατὰ πτέρυγας τονικοί Arist. PA 693b12.

2

Mus., τὸ τονικὸν [χρῶμα] (opp. τὸ ἡμιτόνιον (fort. ἡμιόλιον, cf. Cleonid. Harm. 7) and τὸ μαλακόν), one of the three forms of χρῶμα or chromatic scale, S.E. M. 6.51.

3 of, for accents

of or for accents, τονικὰ παραγγέλματα A.D. Adv. 181.9 (so περὶ τ. π., treatise by Jo.Alex.); τὸ -κόν A.D. Pron. 35.13.

4 resulting from τόνος II.4

resulting from τόνος II.4, κίνησις, of God, opp. μεταβατικῶς κινούμενος, Stoic. 2.149, cf. 147, al.

5 contractile

contractile, ἐνέργεια, of a muscle, Gal. 4.436; [πέπερι] στομάχου -ώτερον Id. 6.265. Adv. -κῶς Id. 4.435.

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