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

Traditional Terminology	Previous | Next

The following terms are often used in traditional Greek grammars and in commentaries:

oxytone: a word with acute on U    ὁδός, ἀρχή

paroxytone: a word with acute on P    νόμος, χώρα

proparoxytone: a word with acute on A    ἄνεμος, πόλεμος

perispomenon: a word with circumflex on U    ὁδῷ, ἀγαθαῖς

properispomenon: a word with circumflex on P    δῶρον, γλῶττα