dĭătŏnus, a, um, adj., = διάτονος (extended).
I In architecture: lateres, band-stones, which run through the thickness of a wall and bind it together , Vitr. 2, 8, 7.—
II In music: diatonum , i, the natural or diatonic series of notes without breaks or intervals, the diatonic scale , Vitr. 5, 4, 3 sq.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 4.