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dĭătŏnus , a, um, adj., = διάτονος (extended).
I. In architecture: “lateres,band-stones, which run through the thickness of a wall and bind it together, Vitr. 2, 8, 7.—
II. In music: diatonum , i, the natural or diatonic series of notes without breaks or intervals, the diatonic scale, Vitr. 5, 4, 3 sq.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4.
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    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 2.8.7
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.4.3
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