"τόνος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /tó.nos/, /ˈto.nos/, /ˈto.nos/, /tó.nos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈto.nos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈto.nos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈto.nos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈto.nos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*tónos}} Proto-Hellenic *tónos, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*tónos|*tón-os}} Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, {{m|ine-pro|*ten-||stretch}} *ten- (“stretch”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τόνου|m|second}} τόνος • (tónos) m (genitive τόνου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τόνος|ου}} Forms: tónos [romanization], τόνου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ τόνος [nominative, singular], τὼ τόνω [dual, nominative], οἱ τόνοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ τόνου [genitive, singular], τοῖν τόνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν τόνων [genitive, plural], τῷ τόνῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν τόνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς τόνοις [dative, plural], τὸν τόνον [accusative, singular], τὼ τόνω [accusative, dual], τοὺς τόνους [accusative, plural], τόνε [singular, vocative], τόνω [dual, vocative], τόνοι [plural, vocative]
  1. rope, cord
    Sense id: en-τόνος-grc-noun-UmPf4GKf
  2. chord
    Sense id: en-τόνος-grc-noun-JXNbqqW0
  3. tone, note
    Sense id: en-τόνος-grc-noun-~0HWf7oZ
  4. tension
    Sense id: en-τόνος-grc-noun-SuG4RODp Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 11 11 52 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 27 11 11 51 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 26 11 11 52 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 18 7 7 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ὀξῠ́τονος (oxútonos), βᾰρῠ́τονος (barútonos)

Inflected forms

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      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τῷ τόνῳ",
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      ]
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      "form": "τοῖς τόνοις",
      "roman": "toîs tónois",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    },
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      "form": "τόνε",
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        "vocative"
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        "rope, cord"
      ],
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          "cord",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tó.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖς τόνοις",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τόνε",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/"
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      "ipa": "/tó.nos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈto.nos/",
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}

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