combining form repr. Gr. σύντονος (see SYNTONOUS), as in Syntono-Lydian adj. [cf. Gr. συντονολυδιστί adv. (Plato)], an epithet of the ordinary (diatonic) Lydian scale in ancient Greek music.
1801. Busby, Dict. Mus., Syntono Lydian, the name of one of the mode in the ancient music. Plato tells us, that the mixo-lydian and syntono-lydian modes were peculiar to tears.
1875. Stainer & Barrett, Dict. Mus. Terms, 209. There was no such enharmonic scale as Syntono-Lydian, nor could such a prefix as Syntono be applied to any enharmonic scale whatever. Ibid., 210. The Syntono-Lydian of the manuscript [of Aristides Quintilianus] … is clearly a mistake for Hypo-Lydian…. The prefix of ‘Syntono’ is usually unnecessary, because it means the ordinary Lydian,… but Plato employs it, because he wishes to distinguish it from the Malakon (or laxly tuned) Lydian.
