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lydian

A เกี่ยวกับ  Lydia

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LYDIAN

a.[from Lydia. ] Noting a kind of soft slow music anciently in vogue.
Lydian stone, flinty slate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LYDIAN

Lyd "i *an, a. Etym: [L. Lydius, fr. Lydia, Gr.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. Dryden. Lydian stone, a flint slate used by the ancients to try gold and silver; a touchstone. See Basanite.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Lydia

Lyd i a |ˈlidēə ˈlɪdiə | an ancient region of western Asia Minor, south of Mysia and north of Caria. It became a powerful kingdom in the 7th century bc but in 546 Croesus, its last king, was defeated by Cyrus and it was absorbed into the Persian empire.

 

Lydian

Lyd i an |ˈlidēən ˈlɪdiən | ▶noun 1 a native or inhabitant of Lydia. 2 the Anatolian language of the Lydians, of which some inscriptions and other texts have survived in a version of the Greek alphabet. ▶adjective of or relating to the Lydians or their language.

 

Lydian mode

Lyd i an mode ▶noun Music the mode represented by the natural diatonic scale F –F (containing an augmented 4th ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Lydia

Lydia |ˈlɪdɪə | an ancient region of western Asia Minor, south of Mysia and north of Caria. It became a powerful kingdom in the 7th century bc but in 546 its final king, Croesus, was defeated by Cyrus and it was absorbed into the Persian empire. Lydia was probably the first realm to use coined money. DERIVATIVES Lydian noun & adjective

 

Lydian

Lyd i an |ˈlidēən ˈlɪdiən | ▶noun 1 a native or inhabitant of Lydia. 2 the Anatolian language of the Lydians, of which some inscriptions and other texts have survived in a version of the Greek alphabet. ▶adjective of or relating to the Lydians or their language.

 

Lydian mode

Lyd ¦ian mode ▶noun Music the mode represented by the natural diatonic scale F –F (containing an augmented 4th ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Lydia

Ly dia Eigenname |L y dia |weiblicher Vorname

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Lydia

Lyd i a /lɪ́diə /名詞 1 リディア 〘女の名 〙.2 〘史 〙リュディア 〘小アジア西部の古代の王国 〙.