Index of Greek, Latin, and Arabic Words
Greek
ᾄδειν] to sing
112
ἄλογος] without words or ratio
60, 96–98, 103n192
ἀκολασία] intemperance
93
ἀκουσματικοί, οἱ] a group of Pythagoreans
4n12
ἀκουστός] audible
62
ἀλλοίωσις] change
47–48
ἄμουσος] someone with no sense for music
80n123, 81, 88
ἀναγράφειν] to transcribe accurately
49
ἄνεσις] relaxation
97
ἀντίληψις] apprehension
59n71
ἀπόλυσις] release
89
ἀρετή] virtue
91, 93
ἀριθμός] number
51
ἁρμονία] musical scale; see also σύστημα
14, 39, 44, 74
ἁρμονική] harmonics
2, 34
ἁρμονικοί, οἱ] music theorists
3, 20, 49, 58, 97n171
ἀρτηρία] trachea, windpipe
56
ἀρχή] principle
57, 82
αὐλός] aulos
7n29, 76, 106n203
αὔξησις] increase, growth
47
γίγνεσθαι] to come into being
11
γλῶττα, γλωττίς] lit. tongue, part of the aulos mouthpiece
76
διὰ πάθος] ‘due to an affection of the soul’ or ‘by accident’
15n62, 86n145
διάστημα] distance (and, as musical term, interval)
3, 20, 50, 57–58, 68
διὰ τεσσάρων] lit. through four (notes), the musical interval of fourth
16–17, 69–72
διὰ πέντε] lit. through five (notes), the musical interval of fifth
16–17, 69–72
δι’ ὀξειᾶν] ancient name of the musical interval of fifth
8, 16–17, 69–72
δύναμις] power
7, 35n13, 54, 58–59
δυσχέρεια] nastiness
95
ἐκμέλεια] non–melodicity
58, 66
ἔλεος] pity
84
ἐμμέλεια] melodicity
58, 67
ἐνθουσιασμός] divine inspiration
35, 82, 84
ἑνότης] unity
68
ἐπαοιδή] enchantment
106
εὑρετής (πρῶτος)] (first) discoverer, inventor
36, 73–74
ἡδονή] pleasure
35, 82
ἦθος] character
77
ἰδικός] special
82
ἰδιότης] peculiar quality (of high and low sounds)
7, 58–59, 61
κάθαρσις] purification
18
καλός] beautiful, noble
10–11
κίνημα] motion, movement
21, 60, 86, 101–103
κίνησις] movement
9, 15, 20–21, 78, 86, 89
λειότης] smoothness
68
λέξις] speech
49, 100
*λίγγειν] to twang (Homeric verb)
5n17
λόγος] mathematical ratio
3, 33, 68
λύπη] sorrow
35, 82
μαθηματικοί, οἱ] a group of Pythagoreans
4n12
μανότης] sparseness
47
μέγεθος] magnitude
54
μέλισμα] melody sung without words
106
μέλος] melody
25n18, 33, 61, 100
μελῳδέω] to produce a melody
55, 112
μελῳδητικός] able to produce melody
60–61, 86, 101–103
νόμος] law; a traditional song
12
νόμος Πυθικός] a mimetic piece of music
74, 112n232
ὄρχησις] dance
10–11
ὀρχηστής] dancer
73, 108
πλαταγή] an idiophone reportedly invented by Archytas
93
πληγή] blow and, in acoustic contexts, an impact that produces sound
5
πλῆθος] plurality
49, 51, 53
ποιεῖν] to compose and/or perform music
10
πολεμικόν, τὸ] a warlike trumpet call
111–113
πολιτικοί, οἱ] a group of Pythagoreans
4n12
ποσότης] quantity
51
πρόβλημα] question
41, 44, 80
πτῶσις] incidence (of the voice)
85
πυκνότης] density
47
ῥυθμίζειν] to shape, to educate, or to affect with rhythm
97–98, 100
ῥυθμός] rhythm
33
σάλπιγξ] trumpet
110–113
σικελίζω]to behave badly; to be in a bad state; to play like the Sicilians
78–79
σίκιννις] a warlike dance
108
σκόλια, τὰ] lit. crooked songs, performed at banquets and drinking–parties
44
σπονδειακόν or σπονδεῖον] libation tune
18, 35
συλλαβή] ancient name of the interval of fourth
8, 16–17, 69–72
συμπάθεια] affinity
68
συμφωνία] musical concord
2, 43, 68–72
σῦριγξ] a device applied to the aulos
41, 42n16
σύστημα] a musical concord which is obtained from the composition of others
16n63, 17, 69–72
τάσις] lit. tension, hence pitch in music
8, 58
τέρψις] pleasure
97
τόνος] tension, see also τάσις
8, 44n24
τρέπειν] to bend or turn
95
ὑπεροχή] excess
68
ὑποκριτής] actor, performer
75
ὑποκριτική] the art of delivery
13
φθόγγος] musical note
1n2, 20, 85
φόβος] fear
84; panic attack
108
φορά] movement
9
φύσις] nature
60, 89
φωνή] voice
20–21, 58n65, 84, 94n166, 100, 111
χρόα] shade (of colour)
48n40, 61
ψυχή] soul
10–11, 21
ᾠδή] song
10–11
Latin
delenimentum] release
89
ingenium] natural disposition
87
tibia] the Latin equivalent of the Greek αὐλός
26, 76–77, 113n234
tibicen] tibia–player
77n114, 112–113
Arabic
laḥn] rhythm, melody or speech
104