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Δίεσις · diesis, interval (δ 955) · Suda

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δ951flowed about, flowed through, spread about
δ952[with lips] wide open
δ953laughed bitterly
δ954diesis, interval
δ955diesis, interval
δ956we trivialized
δ957dispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)
δ958prepared
δ959supported

Suda/Δ delta/δ955

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Δίεσις

diesis, interval

Translated by Antonella Ippolito2 May 2005Vetting: high5 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
meter and music

2 notes · 7 words

Translation

[Meaning] the separated space.¹
Or a loosening.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δίεσις· τὸ χώρισμα. ἢ ἄνεσις.

Betacode

*di/esis: to\ xw/risma. h)\ a)/nesis.

Notes (2)

For the headword cf. Lexicon Ambrosianum (546) and Etymologicum Gudianum; and already delta 954.

1The neuter form xw/risma is attested in (e.g.) scholion B to Homer, Iliad 5.137; more commonly xwrismo/s. ↩

2A noun applied to the loosening of strings by Plato, Republic 349E; of musical pitch, see Aristides Quintilianus 1.5.

Linked from1 entry

δ954Δίεσινdiesis, interval[Meaning] separation. Also the movement before a musical ode. "*di/esis is the name for the smallest measure of the enharmonic intervals, which -- having ceased to be perceived by our senses -- led the enharmonic genre…

Neighbouring entries

δ953Διεσαρδάνισεlaughed bitterly δ954Δίεσινdiesis, interval δ955Δίεσιςdiesis, interval δ956Διεσκαριφησάμεθαwe trivialized δ957Διεσκεδασμένονdispersed, disseminated, scattered (?)

Revision history5 revisions · last 14 Nov 2014

14 Nov 2014Revised — David Whitehead
14 Nov 2014coding — Catharine Roth
9 Jul 2012cosmetics — David Whitehead
3 May 2005cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 May 2005cosmetics — Catharine Roth
2 May 2005Translated — Antonella Ippolito

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δίεσις (Adler number delta 955), trans. Antonella Ippolito, 2 May 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/955

Translation by Antonella Ippolito for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗