Ancient Greek

Noun

τόνος • ‎(tónos) m ‎(genitive τόνου); second declension

1. rope, cord
2. chord
3. tone, note

Inflection

Derived terms

• ὀξῠ́τονος ‎(oxútonos)

Descendants

• Greek: τόνος ‎(tónos)
• Latin: tonus

References

• τόνος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τόνος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «τόνος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• τόνος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • accent idem, page 5.
  • brace idem, page 92.
  • cable idem, page 108.
  • cadence idem, page 108.
  • cord idem, page 174.
  • hawser idem, page 389.
  • inflection idem, page 438.
  • intonation idem, page 454.
  • modulation idem, page 538.
  • note idem, page 561.
  • pitch idem, page 614.
  • rope idem, page 721.
  • strand idem, page 823.
  • tone idem, page 880.
• tone in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Greek

Alternative forms

• τόννος ‎(tónnos)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τόνος ‎(tónos, “rope, chord, tone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonos/

Noun

τόνος • ‎(tónos) m ‎(plural τόνοι)

1. (orthography, typography, grammar)  ΄ ,  stress, accent, tonos
2. (music) note, pitch, tone
3. shade

Declension

Descendants

• English: tonos

See also

see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)

Etymology 2

From French tonne ‎(“ton”)

Noun

τόνος • ‎(tónos) m

1. tonne, tonnage (unit of weight)

Declension

Etymology 3

From Italian tonno ‎(“tuna”), from Latin tunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος ‎(thúnnos)

Noun

τόνος • ‎(tónos) m ‎(plural τόνοι)

1. tuna (fish)

Declension