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)

  1. (music, obsolete) The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
  2. (theology) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
  3. (obsolete) An electuary compounded of four medicines.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διά (diá) τεσσάρων (tessárōn) "every fourth".

Pronunciation

Noun

diatessarōn n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) a fourth
  2. a medicine made of four ingredients.

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