Accentuation Tutorial
Accentuation Tutorial
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TOPICS Accent and Accent-Marking in Ancient Greek The Last 3 Syllables and the Accents Enclitics Persistent Accentuation |
(c) A word accented with a circumflex on P or with an acute on A receives an extra accent on U. The enclitic is, as usual, without an accent. The word unit receives a second accent because more than one mora follows the original contonation.
(In the following examples, the word unit of head word plus enclitic is in brown and the original contonation and the additional accent are underlined.) δῶρόν τι – “some gift”; additional acute on U of head word that has circumflex on P δῶρά τινα – “some gifts”; additional acute on U of head word that has circumflex on P δῶρά τινα καλά – “some fine gifts”; additional acute on U of head word that has circumflex on P ἄνθρωπός τις – “a certain person”; additional acute on U of head word that has acute on A |
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