διάτονος
From LSJ
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
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.
