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Webster 1913 Edition

Diatessaron

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Diˊa-tes′sa-ron

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]);
διά
through + [GREEK], gen. of [GREEK] four (sc. [GREEK].).]
1.
(Anc. Mus.)
The interval of a fourth.
2.
(Theol.)
A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.
3.
An electuary compounded of four medicines.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diatessaron

DIATESSARON

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Noun.
[Gr., four.] Among musicians, a concord or harmonic interval, composed of a greater tone, a lesser tone, and one greater semitone. Its proportion is as 4 to 3, and it is called a perfect fourth.

Definition 2024

diatessaron

diatessaron

English

Noun

diatessaron ‎(plural diatessarons or diatessara)

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

diatessaron n ‎(indeclinable)

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

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Etymology

Latin , from Ancient Greek διά ‎(diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων ‎(tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες ‎(téssares, “four”)).

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