Associations to the word «Phrygian»

PHRYGIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their culture.

PHRYGIAN, adjective. In the Phrygian language.

PHRYGIAN, noun. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

PHRYGIAN, proper noun. The language of the Phrygian people.

PHRYGIAN, proper noun. (music) Phrygian mode

PHRYGIAN CADENCE, noun. (music) A type of imperfect cadence frequently found in Baroque compositions. The gesture consists of a IV6-V final cadence in the minor mode at the end of a slow movement or slow introduction. It implies that a fast movement is to follow without pause, generally in the same key.

PHRYGIAN CAP, noun. A close-fitting cap represented in Greek and Roman art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been conical in shape. It has been adopted in modern art as the so-called liberty cap, or cap of liberty.

PHRYGIAN CAPS, noun. Plural of Phrygian cap

PHRYGIAN MODE, noun. (music) a mode that is a minor key with the second scale degree lowered by one half step

PHRYGIAN STONE, noun. A light, spongy stone, resembling a pumice, used by the ancients in dyeing, and said to be drying and astringent.

PHRYGIAN, noun. A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.

PHRYGIAN, noun. A Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions.