τονικός
Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) → Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A of or for stretching, capable of extension, ὄρνιθες κατὰ πτέρυγας τονικοί Arist.PA693b12. 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 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 11.4, κίνησις, of God, opp. μεταβατικῶς κινούμενος, Stoic.2.149, cf. 147, al. 5 contractile, ἐνέργεια, of a muscle, Gal.4.436; [πέπερι] στομάχου -ώτερον Id.6.265. Adv. -κῶς Id.4.435.
