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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

Persistent Accentuation (3 of 7): examples for o-declension

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horizontal rule
ἄνθρωπος

acute on A in nom. sing. (“main form”)

ἀνθρώπου

acute moves to P because of long U

ἀνθρώπῳ

acute moves to P because of long U

ἄνθρωπον

acute persists on A with short U

ἄνθρωπε

acute persists on A with short U

ἄνθρωποι

acute persists on A with short U (final οι counts as short)

ἀνθρώπων

acute moves to P because of long U

ἀνθρώποις

acute moves to P because of long U (οι with ς following is not final, so counts as long)

ἀνθρώπους

acute moves to P because of long U

horizontal rule
ἀγαθός

acute on U in nom. sing. masc.(“main form”)

ἀγαθοῦ

accent persists on U, but circumflex (genitive case – rule 1)

ἀγαθῷ

accent persists on U, but circumflex (dative case – rule 1)

ἀγαθόν

acute persists on U

ἀγαθέ

acute persists on U

ἀγαθοί

acute persists on U

ἀγαθῶν

accent persists on U, but circumflex (genitive case – rule 1)

ἀγαθοῖς

accent persists on U, but circumflex (dative case – rule 1)

ἀγαθούς

acute persists on U