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tetrachordus adi.
tetrachordus -a , -um 1. viersaitig 2. vier Tonstufen umfassend — 1. four-stringed 2. encompassing four pitches 1 viersaitig — four-stringed [s.IX] LmL Remig. Aut. 511, 13: ‚quadrifidos‘ tetrachordos , id est quattuor chordas habentes. [s.XIII] LmL Hier. Mor. pr. 131 (p. 7): in tetracordis et pentacordis musicis instrumentis, puta in viellis et similibus ( sim. LmL Hier. Mor. 28, 2 (p. 288)). cf. Ilnitchi, Play p. 157 sqq. 2 vier Tonstufen umfassend - encompassing four pitches [s.XV] LmL Ioh. Cicon. mus. 4, 1 p. 366, 3: Omnis igitur cantus in nomine aut nuncupabitur tetracordus aut pentacordus…