Etymology

porrectus

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Today it means: A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise. Full definition →

Latin porrectus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromporrectus
  2. English todayporrectus

From Latin porrectus, from porrigō (“to stretch”).

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