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orthian, a.|ˈɔːθɪən|
[f. Gr. ὄρθι-ος upright, high-pitched + -an.]
Applied to a style of singing, or tune, of very high pitch: rendering Gr. ὄρθιος.
1751Smollett Per. Pic. xxxi. I. 239 His empress singing the loud Orthyan song among the servants below. 1820T. Mitchell Aristoph. I. 15. 1830 tr. Aristophanes, Acharnians 5 Chæris came shuffling on to chaunt the Orthian strain. 1872Browning Fifine lxxviii, Sing, unalloyed by meaner mode thine own The Orthian lay. 1883Liddell & Scott Gr. Lex. s.v. ὄρθιος, The νόµος ὄρθιος or orthian strain was in so high a pitch that few voices could reach it. |