diapason
χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος → you tortoises are fortunate in your skin, you blessed turtles with your shell
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĭăpāsōn: = διὰ πασῶν (sc. χορδῶν), in music,
I the whole octave, Vitr. 5, 4, 8; Plaut. 2, 22, 20; Mart. Cap. 9, § 944; so too, dĭăpente = διὰ πέντε, a fifth, Mart. Cap. 9, § 934 al.; dĭătessărōn = διατεσσάρων, a fourth, id. 2, § 107; Vitr. 5, 4, 8; disdĭăpāsōn = δὶς διὰ πασῶν, a double octave, Plin. 2, 22, 20, § 84; Mart. Cap. 2, § 199 al. (All these words should perhaps be written here, as in Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1, in Greek letters.)>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĭăpāsōn, n. ind (διὰ πασῶν, s.-e. χορδῶν), octave [t. de musique] : Plin. 2, 84.
Latin > German (Georges)
diapāsōn (= διὰ πασῶν, sc. χορδῶν), durch alle (8) Saiten, die Oktave in der Musik, Vitr. 5, 4, 8. Plin. 2, 84. Mart. Cap. 9. § 944. Chalcid. Tim. 35 u. 41 sqq.
Latin > English
diapason diapasi N N :: whole octive in music
diapason diapason undeclined N N :: whole octave
