διοξειῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δῐοξειᾶν (dioxeiân), δῐ’ ὀξειᾶν (di’ oxeiân) — Doric
• δῐ’ ὀξειῶν (di’ oxeiôn)

Etymology

δῐ(ὰ) (di(à), preposition) +‎ ὀξειῶν (oxeiôn, genitive plural feminine)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.ok.seː.ɔ̂ːn/ → /ði.ok.siˈon/ → /ði.ok.siˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.ok.seː.ɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.ok.siˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ok.siˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ok.siˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ok.siˈon/

Noun

δῐοξειῶν • (dioxeiôn) f

1. (music) a fifth (musical interval between one note and another five tones higher)
   • 470 BCE – 385 BCE, Philolaus, Collected Works 6
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 920a.24

References

• “διοξειῶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press