τετράχορδος

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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.