μουσική
mousike
any art over which the Muses presided
Appears 58 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μουσική (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, A. any art over which the Muses presided, esp. poetry sung to music, O. 1.15, 6.129; μουσικῆς ἀγών 3.104, cf. IG 12.84.16, etc.; ποίησις ἡ κατὰ μουσικήν Smp. 196e, cf. 205c; τίς ἡ τέχνη, ἧς τὸ κιθαρίζειν καὶ τὸ ᾄδειν καὶ τὸ ἐμβαίνειν ὀρθῶς; Answ. μουσικήν μοι δοκεῖς λέγειν Alc. 1.108d. 2. = ἀγὼν μουσικῆς, IG 12(9).189.8 (Eretria, iv B. C.). II. generally, art or letters, μουσικῇ καὶ πάσῃ φιλοσοφίᾳ προσχρώμενος Ti. 88c, cf. Phd. 61a, Prt. 340a; μουσική, γράμματα, γυμναστική, as three branches of education, R. 403c, cf. Lac. 2.1; with γραφική added, Pol. 1337b24; ἐν μουσικῇ καὶ γυμναστικῇ παιδεύειν Cri. 50d: metaph., εὑρὼν ἀκριβῆ μ. ἐν ἀσπίδι Supp. 906.
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