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Accent and Accent-Marking in Ancient Greek
Contonation and Mora
The Last 3 Syllables and the Accents
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Persistent Accentuation
• a- and o-declension
• consonant declension
Recessive Accentuation
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Persistent Accentuation (7 of 7): examples for consonant declension |
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| χάρις |
acute on first syllable of stem χαρι(τ)- in nom. sing. (“main form”) |
| χάριτος |
acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| χάριτῐ |
acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| χάριν |
acute persists on first syllable of stem |
| χάρι |
acute persists on first syllable of stem |
| χάριτες |
acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| χαρίτων |
acute moves to P (= second syllable of stem) because of long U |
| χάρισῐ |
acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| χάριτᾰς |
acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
Forms from the adjective μέλας, μέλαινᾰ, μέλαν
| μέλας |
acute on the first syllable of the stem μελαν- in nom. sing. masc. (“main form”) |
| μέλανος |
(gen. sing. masc.) acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| μέλαινᾰ |
(nom. sing. fem.) acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| μελαίνης |
(gen. sing. fem.) acute moves to P because of long U |
| μελαίνῃ |
(dat. sing. fem.) acute moves to P because of long U |
| μέλαινᾰν |
(acc. sing. fem.) acute persists on A (= first syllable of stem) with short U |
| μελαινῶν |
(gen. pl. fem.) circumflex on U (rule 5) |
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