TOPICS

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

The Last Three Syllables and the Accents (8 of 9)	Previous | Next

The antepenult may be accented only if U is short and may receive only the acute. This restriction is again explained by the general rule of contonation and mora.

ἄνθρωπος – U must be short
contonation underlined; one mora follows

ἄνθρωποι – U must be short
contonation underlined; one mora follows

ὤφελον – U must be short
contonation underlined; one mora follows