Νεάτη

bottom, neate

Translated by David Whitehead16 Apr 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning] the ultimate [one]. And the nete is what musicians call the [sc. lyre-]string, as distinct from both the hypate and the mese.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νεάτη· ἡ ἐσχάτη. καὶ ἡ νήτη χορδὴ λεγομένη ὑπὸ τῶν μουσικῶν, πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τῆς τε ὑπάτης καὶ τῆς μέσης.

Betacode

*nea/th: h( e)sxa/th. kai\ h( nh/th xordh\ legome/nh u(po\ tw=n mousikw=n, pro\s a)ntidiastolh\n th=s te u(pa/ths kai\ th=s me/shs.

See already nu 118, and generally (for all three of these strings) under nu 347.
Appendix Proverbiorum 4.3.

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