Middle English Dictionary Entry
hẹ̄miolia n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hẹ̄miolia n. |
| Etymology | L hēmiolius |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The ratio of 3 to 2; mus. the interval of a fifth.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)335a/a : Hemiolia is y-ioyned in noumbre epogdonus, þat beþ, noumbres þat beþ aboue viij & hatte tonus in musike.