ἀντίφωνος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ον, (φωνή)
A sounding in answer, concordant, as in the octave, ὀξύτητα βαρύτητι σύμφωνον καὶ ἀ. Pl.Lg.812d: abs., ἁρμονίαι Ph.2.485. 2 responsive to, c. gen., στεναγμάτων E.Supp.800 (lyr.). II discordant, contradictory, Plu.2.361a, Corp.Herm.16.1: c. gen., τῶν γενησομένων Plu.2.412b. III as Subst., ἀντίφωνον, τό, concord in the octave, τὸ ἀ. σύμφωνόν ἐστι διὰ πασῶν Arist. Pr.918b30, 921a8.
