{ Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone } (&?;),
a. [Gr. bary`tonos; bary`s heavy +
to`nos tone.] 1. (Mus.) Grave and
deep, as a kind of male voice.
2. (Greek Gram.) Not marked with an accent
on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
{ Bar"y*tone, Bar"i*tone }, n. [F.
baryton: cf. It. baritono.] 1. (Mus.)
(a) A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the
common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one,
nor rise as high as the other. (b) A person
having a voice of such range. (c) The viola di
gamba, now entirely disused.
2. (Greek Gram.) A word which has no accent
marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.