Middle English Dictionary Entry
dīēsis n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dīēsis n. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mus. An interval smaller than a full tone; also, the changing from one tone to another.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)333b/a : To make melody of armony nedeþ diastema, diesis, tonus..and swete voice & temperate soune..diesis is þe space and doynge of melodie and chaungynge out of oon soune in to an oþer.