διοξειῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

δῐοξειᾶν (dĭoxeiân), δῐ’ ὀξειᾶν (dĭ’ oxeiân) — Doric
δῐ’ ὀξειῶν (dĭ’ oxeiôn)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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 • (dĭoxeiôn) f

(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