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Accent and Accent-Marking in Ancient Greek

Contonation and Mora

The Last 3 Syllables and the Accents
•acute
•circumflex
•grave
•ultima
•penult
•antepenult
•more examples

Proclitics

Enclitics

Multiple Clitics

Traditional Terminology

Persistent Accentuation
• a- and o-declension
• consonant declension

Recessive Accentuation

Enclitics: Further Examples	Previous | Next

(Enclitics are underlined in the following examples.)

ἀγαθός τις, ἀγαθοί τινες, τῶν ἀγαθῶν τις, τῶν ἀγαθῶν τινες

With accent on U of the preceding (head) word, that accent stays the same (no substitution of grave), and the enclitic (whether one or two syllables) is unaccented.

τὸ ὅλον τε καὶ τὸ μέρος, ὁ στρατιώτης με ἀδικεῖ

With acute on P of the preceding (head) word and a one-syllable enclitic, there is no change in the head word, and the enclitic is unaccented.

τὸ ὅλον μεῖζον τοῦ μέρους ἐστίν, τὸ ὅλον ἐστὶν μεῖζον τοῦ μέρους

With acute on P of the preceding (head) word and a two-syllable enclitic, there is no change in the head word, but the enclitic is accented on its second syllable, U (acute before punctuation, grave within the sentence).

τὸ δῶρόν τε καὶ ἡ χάρις, δῶρά τινα μεγάλα

With circumflex on P of the preceding (head) word and a one-syllable or two-syllable enclitic, an acute is added to U of the head word, and the enclitic is unaccented.

ἔβαλλέ τις, ἔβαλλόν τινες

With acute on A of the preceding (head) word and a one-syllable or two-syllable enclitic, an acute is added to U of the head word, and the enclitic is unaccented.