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Παρὰ δὲ τοῖς μουσικοῖς λέγεταί τι ὄνομα λεῖον, καὶ ἕτερον τὸ τραχύ, καὶ ἄλλο εὐπαγές, καὶ ἄλλ̓ ὀγκηρόν. λεῖον μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ὄνομα τὸ διὰ φωνηέντων ἢ πάντων ἢ διὰ πλειόνων, οἷον Αἴας, τραχὺ δὲ οἷον βέβρωκεν: καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο τὸ τραχὺ ὄνομα κατὰ μίμησιν ἐξενήνεκται ἑαυτοῦ. εὐπαγὲς δὲ ἐπαμφοτερίζον καὶ μεμιγμένον ἴσως τοῖς γράμμασιν.
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