diezeugmenon
diezeugmenon noun: the last tetrachord, in the case where two tetrachords were placed separately from each other, but with only the interval of a tone between them.
Noun
diezeugmenon (plural diezeugmena)
- The last tetrachord, in the case where two tetrachords were placed separately from each other, but with only the interval of a tone between them.
- In the middle range, place first at the extreme ends the vessels which give the note of the chromatic hyperbolaeon; next to them, those which give the chromatic diezeugmenon, a fourth below; third, the chromatic synhemmenon; fourth, the chromatic meson, a fourth below; fifth, the chromatic hypaton...1914, Vitruvius (translated by Morris Hicky Morgan), Ten Books on Architecture
Forms of diezeugmenon
| plural | diezeugmena |
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Origin of diezeugmenon
From Ancient Greek διεζευγμένων (diezeugménōn, “of the transposed (notes)”), aorist passive participle of διαζεύγνυμι (diazeúgnumi), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi).
Questions about diezeugmenon
- What does diezeugmenon mean?
- Diezeugmenon means the last tetrachord, in the case where two tetrachords were placed separately from each other, but with only the interval of a tone between them.
- What part of speech is diezeugmenon?
- Diezeugmenon is a noun.
- What is the plural of diezeugmenon?
- The plural of diezeugmenon is diezeugmena.
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