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lichanos.

In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the mese and higher than the parhypate.

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  1. In Ancient Greek musical theory, the higher-pitched of the two movable notes in the nearer tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the mese and higher than the parhypate.

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin lichanos, from Ancient Greek λιχανός (likhanós, “the forefinger”).

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