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|mdlsjtxt=[[τόνος]], ὁ, [[τείνω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that by [[which]] a [[thing]] is stretched, a [[rope]], [[cord]], [[brace]], οἱ τόνοι τῶν κλινέων the cords of beds, Hdt.; ἐκ τριῶν τόνων of [[three]] plies or strands, of ropes, Xen.:—in machines, straining-cords, Plut.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a stretching, [[tightening]], straining, [[strain]], [[tension]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of sounds, a straining, [[raising]] of the [[voice]], Aeschin., Dem.:— the [[pitch]] of the [[voice]], Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[measure]], [[metre]], Hdt.<br />b. in Music, τόνοι were modes or keys differing in [[pitch]], of [[which]] in [[early]] Greek [[music]] [[there]] were [[three]], the [[Dorian]], Lydian, and Phrygian.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[exertion]] of [[force]], [[mental]] [[exertion]], [[energy]], Luc.:— [[generally]], [[force]], [[strength]], [[intensity]], Plut.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> metaph. the tenour of one's way, a [[course]], Pind., Plut.

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