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|Definition=(sc. [[χορδή]]), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the highest of the three strings]] which formed the framework of the musical scale (opp. [[νεάτη]], [[μέση]]), but [[the lowest]] in pitch, <span class="bibl">Philol.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>443d</span>, etc.; αἱ ὑπάται [[the highest tetrachord]], Anon.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>667.16; <b class="b3">τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπάτων . . ἐπίτασιν</b> raising of pitch from the [[low notes]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib. 6.10.7</span>; τὸ βομβυκέστερον τῶν ὑπατῶν <span class="bibl">Nicom.<span class="title">Harm.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπάτη ὑπατῶν</b> ibid. (but ὑ. ὑπάτων <span class="bibl">Cleonid.<span class="title">Harm.</span>4</span>).</span>