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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

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