diatessaron
English
Etymology
From Latin , from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”)).
Noun
diatessaron (plural diatessarons or diatessara)
- (music, obsolete) The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
- (theology) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
- (obsolete) An electuary compounded of four medicines.
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References
- “diatessaron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διά (diá) τεσσάρων (tessárōn) "every fourth".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [di.aˈtɛs.sa.roːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪i.aˈt̪ɛs.sa.ron]
Noun
diatessarōn n (indeclinable)
See also
References
- “diatessaron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "diatessaron", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- diatessaron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.