Locrian

English

Etymology

From Latin Locris + -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkɹiən/, /ˈlɒkɹiən/

Adjective

Locrian (not comparable)

Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris.
(music) Designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
  scattered piano keys (all white, an octave on B to be exact—or H, in the German nomenclature—the notes of the rejected Locrian mode
(music) Designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone.

Translations

pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Locris

Hungarian: lokriszi

music: designating an ancient Greek mode, of uncertain detail

music: designating a minor scale with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered by a semitone

Hungarian: lokriszi

Anagrams

Clarion, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clairon, clarino, clarion

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