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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 46
Section 735 of 757
Canonical reference 6.46
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
καὶ σύμφωνα μὲν ὁπόσα ὑπὸ συμφώνων φθόγγων περιέχεται, διάφωνα δὲ ὁπόσα ὑπὸ διαφώνων. τῶν δέ συμφώνων διαστημάτων τὸ μὲν πρῶτον καὶ ἐλά- χιστον διὰ τεσσάρων οἱ μουσικοὶ προσαγορεύουσι, τὸ δὲ μετὰ τοῦτο μεῖζον διὰ πέντε, καὶ τοῦ διὰ πέντε μεῖζον τὸ διὰ πασῶν.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Consonant intervals are all those bounded by consonant notes, and dissonant intervals all those bounded by dissonant notes. Of the consonant intervals, musicians call the first and smallest the fourth, the next and larger one the fifth, and the interval larger than the fifth the octave.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Sont consonants tous ceux que délimitent des notes consonantes, et dissonants tous ceux que délimitent des notes dissonantes. Parmi les intervalles consonants, les musiciens appellent le premier et le plus petit « quarte », le suivant, plus grand, « quinte », et celui qui est plus grand que la quinte « octave ».
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