English-Thai Dictionary
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
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
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 ).
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