echoi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a set of eight modes, octoechoi, of music in Byzantine music. It selects the chant style or genre.

Word forms

echoi echois echos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἦχοι (êkhoi, “sounds”), plural of ἦχος (êkhos).

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