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|Definition=ὁ, (τείνω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that by which a thing is stretched</b>, or <b class="b2">that which can itself be stretched, cord, brace, band</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ τ. τῶν κλινέων</b> the <b class="b2">cords</b> of beds or chairs, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>532</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Philippid.12</span>, <span class="title">Michel</span> 832.48 (Samos, iv B.C.); sg., <b class="b2">bedcords</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>923</span>; ὠμολίνου μακροὶ τόνοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>206</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τριῶν τ</b>. of three <b class="b2">plies</b> or <b class="b2">strands</b>, of ropes, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in animals, <b class="b3">τόνοι</b> are <b class="b2">sinews</b> or <b class="b2">tendons</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>11</span> ( = <b class="b2">nerves</b> acc. to Gal.18(1).380):—of pneumogastric <b class="b2">nerves</b>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>158</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in machines, <b class="b2">twisted skeins of gut in torsion-engines</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>65.34</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>83.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span> 15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in the <b class="b3">γαστραφέτης</b>, = [[αἱ ἐκ τῶν ἄκρων κάμψεις]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span> 75.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> in dockyard equipment, ὑποζωμάτων τέτταρας τόνους ἐγ νεωρίων <span class="title">IG</span>22.1673.12; <b class="b3">τ. αἰχμάλωτοι</b> ib.1610.23; <b class="b3">τ. αἰχμάλωτος ἀδόκιμος</b> ib.1613.282. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">row</b> or <b class="b2">line</b> of pillars, ib.1668.48. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">stretching, tightening, straining, strain, tension</b>, ὁ τ. τῶν ὅπλων <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.36</span>; <b class="b2">power of contracting muscles</b>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.112</span>; τ. καὶ ῥώμη <span class="bibl">Id.2.48</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν τῆς ὁλκῆς τ. ὑπεκλῦσαι</b> diminish the <b class="b2">strength</b> of the pull, ib. <span class="bibl">61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of sounds, <b class="b2">raising</b> of the voice, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.209</span>,210, <span class="bibl">D.18.280</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.19</span> O., etc.: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b2">pitch</b> of the voice, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 617b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>807a17</span>, etc.; including <b class="b2">volume</b>, τόνοι φωνῆς· ὀξύ, βαρύ, μικρόν, μέγα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.20</span>; <b class="b3">κλαυθμυρίσαι μετὰ τόνου τοῦ προσήκοντος</b>, of a new-born baby, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.79</span>; τῷ αὐτῷ τ. εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1413b31</span>; ἐν τ. ἀνιεμένοις καὶ βαρέσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aud.</span>804a26</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν φωνὴν καὶ τὸν τ. ἐξάραντα</b> Hieronym. ap. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>13</span> (cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.198 S.); σῴζειν τὸν τ. Longin.9.13: pl., Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.196S.; of a musical instrument, Plu.2.827b, etc.; <b class="b2">diatonic scale</b>, APl.4.220 (Antip.): metaph. of colour, <b class="b2">'values'</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>35.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">pitch</b> or <b class="b2">accent</b> of a word or syllable, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1403b29</span>, <span class="bibl">D.T.629.27</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>8.8</span>, al., Gal.16.495 (the meaning of the Adv. <b class="b3">τόνῳ</b> mentioned by <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Adv.</span>167.2</span> is not given by him ( = [[λίαν]], Hsch.); <b class="b3">τόνῳ</b>, = [[μετὰ προθυμίας ἰσχυρᾶς]], was read by Gal. (16.585) in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.36</span> (<b class="b3">ξὺν τόνῳ</b> or <b class="b3">ξὺν πόνῳ</b> codd.Hp.)). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">measure</b> or <b class="b2">metre</b>, ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ τ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.47</span>,<span class="bibl">62</span>, <span class="bibl">5.60</span>; ἐν τριμέτρῳ τ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.174</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> in Musical writers, <b class="b2">key</b>, <span class="bibl">Aristox.<span class="title">Harm.</span>2p.37M.</span>, Plu.2.1134a, 1135a, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">mental</b> or <b class="b2">physical exertion</b>, <b class="b3">τ. ἀμφ' ἀρετῆς</b>, i.e. in praising it, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.1.20</span>; <b class="b2">bodily energy</b>, ἰσχὺς καὶ τ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Anach.</span>25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">27</span>; <b class="b3">συστρέψαι τὸν τ</b>. (by massage) Gal.6.91: generally, <b class="b2">force, intensity</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl">2.563f</span>, etc.; τ. ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Brut.</span>34</span>; τ. πνεύματος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ τ. τῆς φαρμακείης</b> its <b class="b2">efficiency</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">τ. δυνάμεων</b>, title of a work by Heras, Gal.13.416; τ. σοφιστικός <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">VS</span>p.497B.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in Stoic Philos., <b class="b2">'tension', force</b>, in Nature and Man, πληγὴ πυρὸς ὁ τόνος ἐστί, κἂν ἱκανὸς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ γένηται πρὸς τὸ ἐπιτελεῖν τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα, ἰσχὺς καλεῖται καὶ κράτος <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.128</span>; ὁ ζωτικὸς τ. <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.235, Gal.6.321; αἰσθητικὸς τ. <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.215; <b class="b3">συνεκτικὸς τ</b>. the <b class="b2">tension</b> which holds the universe together, ib.134. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b2">tenor of one's way, course</b>, εὐθὺν τ. τρέχειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).64</span>; ἕνα τόνον ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">quarter</b> of a city, <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).872.36, al. (Tenos).</span>
|Definition=ὁ, (τείνω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that by which a thing is stretched</b>, or <b class="b2">that which can itself be stretched, cord, brace, band</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ τ. τῶν κλινέων</b> the <b class="b2">cords</b> of beds or chairs, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>532</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Philippid.12</span>, <span class="title">Michel</span> 832.48 (Samos, iv B.C.); sg., <b class="b2">bedcords</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>923</span>; ὠμολίνου μακροὶ τόνοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>206</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τριῶν τ</b>. of three <b class="b2">plies</b> or <b class="b2">strands</b>, of ropes, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in animals, <b class="b3">τόνοι</b> are <b class="b2">sinews</b> or <b class="b2">tendons</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>11</span> ( = <b class="b2">nerves</b> acc. to Gal.18(1).380):—of pneumogastric <b class="b2">nerves</b>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>158</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in machines, <b class="b2">twisted skeins of gut in torsion-engines</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>65.34</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>83.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span> 15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in the <b class="b3">γαστραφέτης</b>, = [[αἱ ἐκ τῶν ἄκρων κάμψεις]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span> 75.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> in dockyard equipment, ὑποζωμάτων τέτταρας τόνους ἐγ νεωρίων <span class="title">IG</span>22.1673.12; <b class="b3">τ. αἰχμάλωτοι</b> ib.1610.23; <b class="b3">τ. αἰχμάλωτος ἀδόκιμος</b> ib.1613.282. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">row</b> or <b class="b2">line</b> of pillars, ib.1668.48. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">stretching, tightening, straining, strain, tension</b>, ὁ τ. τῶν ὅπλων <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.36</span>; <b class="b2">power of contracting muscles</b>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.112</span>; τ. καὶ ῥώμη <span class="bibl">Id.2.48</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν τῆς ὁλκῆς τ. ὑπεκλῦσαι</b> diminish the <b class="b2">strength</b> of the pull, ib. <span class="bibl">61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of sounds, <b class="b2">raising</b> of the voice, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.209</span>,210, <span class="bibl">D.18.280</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.19</span> O., etc.: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b2">pitch</b> of the voice, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 617b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>807a17</span>, etc.; including <b class="b2">volume</b>, τόνοι φωνῆς· ὀξύ, βαρύ, μικρόν, μέγα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.20</span>; <b class="b3">κλαυθμυρίσαι μετὰ τόνου τοῦ προσήκοντος</b>, of a new-born baby, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.79</span>; τῷ αὐτῷ τ. εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1413b31</span>; ἐν τ. ἀνιεμένοις καὶ βαρέσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aud.</span>804a26</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν φωνὴν καὶ τὸν τ. ἐξάραντα</b> Hieronym. ap. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>13</span> (cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.198 S.); σῴζειν τὸν τ. Longin.9.13: pl., Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.196S.; of a musical instrument, Plu.2.827b, etc.; <b class="b2">diatonic scale</b>, APl.4.220 (Antip.): metaph. of colour, <b class="b2">'values'</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>35.29</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">pitch</b> or <b class="b2">accent</b> of a word or syllable, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1403b29</span>, <span class="bibl">D.T.629.27</span>, <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Pron.</span>8.8</span>, al., Gal.16.495 (the meaning of the Adv. <b class="b3">τόνῳ</b> mentioned by <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Adv.</span>167.2</span> is not given by him ( = [[λίαν]], Hsch.); <b class="b3">τόνῳ</b>, = [[μετὰ προθυμίας ἰσχυρᾶς]], was read by Gal. (16.585) in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>1.36</span> (<b class="b3">ξὺν τόνῳ</b> or <b class="b3">ξὺν πόνῳ</b> codd.Hp.)). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">measure</b> or <b class="b2">metre</b>, ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ τ. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.47</span>,<span class="bibl">62</span>, <span class="bibl">5.60</span>; ἐν τριμέτρῳ τ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.174</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> in Musical writers, <b class="b2">key</b>, <span class="bibl">Aristox.<span class="title">Harm.</span>2p.37M.</span>, Plu.2.1134a, 1135a, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">mental</b> or <b class="b2">physical exertion</b>, <b class="b3">τ. ἀμφ' ἀρετῆς</b>, i.e. in praising it, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.1.20</span>; <b class="b2">bodily energy</b>, ἰσχὺς καὶ τ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Anach.</span>25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">27</span>; <b class="b3">συστρέψαι τὸν τ</b>. (by massage) Gal.6.91: generally, <b class="b2">force, intensity</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>21</span>, <span class="bibl">2.563f</span>, etc.; τ. ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Brut.</span>34</span>; τ. πνεύματος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ τ. τῆς φαρμακείης</b> its <b class="b2">efficiency</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>16</span>; <b class="b3">τ. δυνάμεων</b>, title of a work by Heras, Gal.13.416; τ. σοφιστικός <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">VS</span>p.497B.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in Stoic Philos., <b class="b2">'tension', force</b>, in Nature and Man, πληγὴ πυρὸς ὁ τόνος ἐστί, κἂν ἱκανὸς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ γένηται πρὸς τὸ ἐπιτελεῖν τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα, ἰσχὺς καλεῖται καὶ κράτος <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.128</span>; ὁ ζωτικὸς τ. <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.235, Gal.6.321; αἰσθητικὸς τ. <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.215; <b class="b3">συνεκτικὸς τ</b>. the <b class="b2">tension</b> which holds the universe together, ib.134. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b2">tenor of one's way, course</b>, εὐθὺν τ. τρέχειν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).64</span>; ἕνα τόνον ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">quarter</b> of a city, <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).872.36, al. (Tenos).</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1127.png Seite 1127]] ὁ, 1) das, womit Etwas gespannt, straff angezogen, oder was selbst angespannt werden kann, Strick, Seil, Tau, Her. 7, 36, wie Aesch. frg. 175; Bettgurt, Ar. Equ. 530; τόνοι τῶν κλινέων, Her. 9, 118; οὓς τόνους τε καὶ ὑποζώματα προσαγορεύομεν, Plat. Legg. XII, 945 c; Thiersehne, Flechse, Hippocr. Auch die einzelnen Fäden, aus welchen die Stricke gedreht sind, ἐκ τριῶν τόνων, dreidrähtig, Xen. Cyn. 10, 2. – 2) das Spannen, Anspannen, Anstrengen, ὅπλων, Her. 7, 36, die Anspannung, Anstrengung, bes. der Stimme, τῆς φωνῆς, Dem. 18, 280; πνεύματος, Parm. 1 (IX, 342); dah. – a) der Ton, sowohl von der menschlichen Stimme, als von Instrumenten. – b) der Ton od. die Betonung eines Wortes, der Accent, Gramm. – c) [[τόνος]] [[ἑξάμετρος]], das hexametrische Versmaaß, Her. 1, 47. 62. 5, 60; [[τρίμετρος]], der Trimeter, 1, 174. – Uebh. Nachdruck, Kraft, Plut. Demetr. 21; όργῆς, Brut. 34; aber τόνον ἔχειν ἕνα ist = unum tenorem tenere, Dem. 13.
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   A that by which a thing is stretched, or that which can itself be stretched, cord, brace, band, οἱ τ. τῶν κλινέων the cords of beds or chairs, Hdt.9.118, cf. Ar.Eq.532 (anap.), Philippid.12, Michel 832.48 (Samos, iv B.C.); sg., bedcords, Ar.Lys.923; ὠμολίνου μακροὶ τόνοι A.Fr.206; ἐκ τριῶν τ. of three plies or strands, of ropes, X.Cyn.10.2.    2 in animals, τόνοι are sinews or tendons, Hp.Art.11 ( = nerves acc. to Gal.18(1).380):—of pneumogastric nerves, Ruf.Onom.158.    3 in machines, twisted skeins of gut in torsion-engines, Ph.Bel.65.34, al., Hero Bel.83.4, Plu.Marc. 15.    b in the γαστραφέτης, = αἱ ἐκ τῶν ἄκρων κάμψεις, Hero Bel. 75.7.    c in dockyard equipment, ὑποζωμάτων τέτταρας τόνους ἐγ νεωρίων IG22.1673.12; τ. αἰχμάλωτοι ib.1610.23; τ. αἰχμάλωτος ἀδόκιμος ib.1613.282.    4 row or line of pillars, ib.1668.48.    II stretching, tightening, straining, strain, tension, ὁ τ. τῶν ὅπλων Hdt. 7.36; power of contracting muscles, Sor.1.112; τ. καὶ ῥώμη Id.2.48; τὸν τῆς ὁλκῆς τ. ὑπεκλῦσαι diminish the strength of the pull, ib. 61.    2 of sounds, raising of the voice, Aeschin.3.209,210, D.18.280, Phld.Lib.p.19 O., etc.: hence,    a pitch of the voice, Pl.R. 617b, Arist.Phgn.807a17, etc.; including volume, τόνοι φωνῆς· ὀξύ, βαρύ, μικρόν, μέγα X.Cyn.6.20; κλαυθμυρίσαι μετὰ τόνου τοῦ προσήκοντος, of a new-born baby, Sor.1.79; τῷ αὐτῷ τ. εἰπεῖν Arist.Rh. 1413b31; ἐν τ. ἀνιεμένοις καὶ βαρέσι Id.Aud.804a26; τὴν φωνὴν καὶ τὸν τ. ἐξάραντα Hieronym. ap. D.H.Isoc.13 (cf. Phld.Rh.1.198 S.); σῴζειν τὸν τ. Longin.9.13: pl., Phld.Rh.1.196S.; of a musical instrument, Plu.2.827b, etc.; diatonic scale, APl.4.220 (Antip.): metaph. of colour, 'values', Plin.HN35.29.    b pitch or accent of a word or syllable, Arist.Rh.1403b29, D.T.629.27, A.D.Pron.8.8, al., Gal.16.495 (the meaning of the Adv. τόνῳ mentioned by A.D. Adv.167.2 is not given by him ( = λίαν, Hsch.); τόνῳ, = μετὰ προθυμίας ἰσχυρᾶς, was read by Gal. (16.585) in Hp.Prorrh.1.36 (ξὺν τόνῳ or ξὺν πόνῳ codd.Hp.)).    c measure or metre, ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ τ. Hdt. 1.47,62, 5.60; ἐν τριμέτρῳ τ. Id.1.174.    d in Musical writers, key, Aristox.Harm.2p.37M., Plu.2.1134a, 1135a, etc.    3 mental or physical exertion, τ. ἀμφ' ἀρετῆς, i.e. in praising it, Xenoph.1.20; bodily energy, ἰσχὺς καὶ τ. Luc.Anach.25, cf. 27; συστρέψαι τὸν τ. (by massage) Gal.6.91: generally, force, intensity, Plu.Demetr.21, 2.563f, etc.; τ. ὀργῆς Id.Brut.34; τ. πνεύματος Luc.Dem.Enc.7; ὁ τ. τῆς φαρμακείης its efficiency, Hp.Ep.16; τ. δυνάμεων, title of a work by Heras, Gal.13.416; τ. σοφιστικός Eun.VSp.497B.    4 in Stoic Philos., 'tension', force, in Nature and Man, πληγὴ πυρὸς ὁ τόνος ἐστί, κἂν ἱκανὸς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ γένηται πρὸς τὸ ἐπιτελεῖν τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα, ἰσχὺς καλεῖται καὶ κράτος Cleanth.Stoic.1.128; ὁ ζωτικὸς τ. Stoic.2.235, Gal.6.321; αἰσθητικὸς τ. Stoic.2.215; συνεκτικὸς τ. the tension which holds the universe together, ib.134.    III metaph., tenor of one's way, course, εὐθὺν τ. τρέχειν Pi.O.10(11).64; ἕνα τόνον ἔχειν Plu.Dem.13.    IV quarter of a city, IG12(5).872.36, al. (Tenos).

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[Seite 1127] ὁ, 1) das, womit Etwas gespannt, straff angezogen, oder was selbst angespannt werden kann, Strick, Seil, Tau, Her. 7, 36, wie Aesch. frg. 175; Bettgurt, Ar. Equ. 530; τόνοι τῶν κλινέων, Her. 9, 118; οὓς τόνους τε καὶ ὑποζώματα προσαγορεύομεν, Plat. Legg. XII, 945 c; Thiersehne, Flechse, Hippocr. Auch die einzelnen Fäden, aus welchen die Stricke gedreht sind, ἐκ τριῶν τόνων, dreidrähtig, Xen. Cyn. 10, 2. – 2) das Spannen, Anspannen, Anstrengen, ὅπλων, Her. 7, 36, die Anspannung, Anstrengung, bes. der Stimme, τῆς φωνῆς, Dem. 18, 280; πνεύματος, Parm. 1 (IX, 342); dah. – a) der Ton, sowohl von der menschlichen Stimme, als von Instrumenten. – b) der Ton od. die Betonung eines Wortes, der Accent, Gramm. – c) τόνος ἑξάμετρος, das hexametrische Versmaaß, Her. 1, 47. 62. 5, 60; τρίμετρος, der Trimeter, 1, 174. – Uebh. Nachdruck, Kraft, Plut. Demetr. 21; όργῆς, Brut. 34; aber τόνον ἔχειν ἕνα ist = unum tenorem tenere, Dem. 13.