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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 (6 of 7): examples for consonant declension

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horizontal rule
φύλαξ

acute on first syllable of stem φῠλακ- in nom. sing. (“main form”)

φύλακος

acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U

φύλακῐ

acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U

φύλακᾰ

acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U

φύλαξ

acute persists on first syllable of stem

φύλακες

acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U

φυλάκων

acute moves to P (= second syllable of stem) because of long U

φύλαξῐ

acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U

φύλακᾰς

acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U

horizontal rule
κλώψ

acute on the monosyllabic stem κλωπ- in nom. sing. (“main form”)

κλωπός

acute moves to U (genitive case – rule 4)

κλωπί

acute moves to U (dative case – rule 4)

κλῶπᾰ

accent on P in accusative of monosyllabic stem (rule 4); circumflex by rule 6

κλώψ

acute on the monosyllabic stem κλωπ- in nom. sing.

κλῶπες

accent on P in nominative of monosyllabic stem (rule 4); circumflex by rule 6

κλωπῶν

accent moves to U and is circumflex on long vowel (genitive case – rule 4);

κλωψί

acute moves to U (dative case – rule 4)

κλῶπᾰς

accent on P in accusative of monosyllabic stem (rule 4); circumflex by rule 6