τετράχορδος
From LSJ
Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses
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.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1100] viersaitig; τὸ τετράχορδον, das Tetrachord, Arist. probl. 19, 33 u. Music., eine Folge von vier Saiten od. Tönen, die drittehalb Töne maßen, die Grundlage aller spätern Tonsysteme.
