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σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → sometimes silence is preferable to words (Menander)

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Transliteration A: diátonos Transliteration B: diatonos Transliteration C: diatonos Beta Code: dia/tonos

English (LSJ)

ον, (διατείνω)

   A on the stretch, vehement, αὖραι Thphr.CP 2.3.1.    2 extending from front to back, of bonding courses in a wall, Vitr.2.8.7.    II 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.