Meaning of monochordos | Babel Free
[mɔ.nɔˈkʰɔr.dɔs]Definitions
with or of one string
Greek-type, declension-2, two-termination
Examples
“Cithara monochordos fuit, deinde paulatim dextra leuaque addentes ... ponebant tragoediis satyrica dramata, in quibus salua maiestate grauitatis iocos exercebant seeundum Cratini institutionem. Is enim primus Athenis, Dionisia dum essent, satyricam fabulam induxit; alia autem satyra est illa mordax, ut Lucilii, Horatii, Persii, Iuuenalis. Hae autem fabulae satyricae dicuntur, ut tragicae et comicae (Γ΄ f V cζ”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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