Perispomenon

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accent mark (◌̂) in transcriptions with the Latin alphabet. A properispomenon has the same kind of accent, but on the penultimate syllable.[1]

Examples:

  • θεοῦ, theoû, "of a god", is a perispomenon
  • πρᾶξις prâxis "business" is a properispomenon

Etymology

Peri-spṓmenon means "pronounced with a circumflex",[2] the neuter of the present passive participle of peri-spáō "pronounce with a circumflex" (also "draw off").[3] Pro-peri-spṓmenon adds the prefix pró "before".[4] περισπωμένη, perispomeni, is the Greek name for the accent marks (◌̃ or ◌̑) used above Greek letters, also known as ὀξύβαρυς, oxýbarys, "high-low" or "acute-grave", and its original form as a circumflex accent (◌̂) was combining the acute (◌́) and grave (◌̀) pitch accents occurring successively only in bimoraic syllables (with long vowels or diphtongs).

See also

References

  1. ^ Herbert Weir Smyth. Greek Grammar. paragraph 157.
  2. Perseus Project
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  3. ^ περισπάω in Liddell and Scott.
  4. ^ πρό in Liddell and Scott.


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