Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lichanos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lichanos
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the mese and higher than the parhypate.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lichanos, from Ancient Greek λιχανός (likhanós, “the forefinger”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λιχανός

Inflected Forms

lichanoi (plural)

Questions

What does lichanos mean?: In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the mese and higher than the parhypate.
Where does lichanos come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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