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
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The Last Three Syllables and the Accents (9 of 9): further examples |
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(Contonation is underlined in the following examples.)
ἀγαθός |
short U accented with acute, in isolation; no mora follows the contonation on U |
ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος |
short U accented with grave in connected phrase; no mora follows the contonation on U |
ψυχή |
long U accented with acute, in isolation; no mora follows the contonation on U |
ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου |
long U accented with grave in connected phrase; no mora follows the contonation on U |
ἀγαθοῦ |
long U accented with circumflex, regardless of position; no mora follows the contonation on U |
νόμος, νόμου |
short accented P, acute regardless of quantity of U; no mora follows the contonation on P + U |
πεῖραι |
long accented P, short U, circumflex; one mora follows the contonation on P |
πείραις |
long accented P, long U, acute; no mora follows the contonation on P + U |
ἄνθρωπε |
accented A, short U, acute; one mora follows the contonation on A + P |
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