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τετράχορδος

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Transliteration A: tetráchordos Transliteration B: tetrachordos Transliteration C: tetrachordos Beta Code: tetra/xordos

English (LSJ)

ον, (χορδή)

   A four-stringed, ὄργανον Ath.4.183a; λύρα Str.13.2.4.    II Subst. -χορδον, τό, tetrachord, i.e. scale of four notes, comprising two tones and a half, Arist.Pr.922b8, Fr.47, Plu.2.1021e, etc.: metaph., (sc. παθῶν) Aristo Stoic.1.85, cf. Jul.Caes.315c.