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TOPICS Accent and Accent-Marking in Ancient Greek The Last 3 Syllables and the Accents Persistent Accentuation |
The acute accent ( ´ ) represents a rise in pitch over a short or long vowel. It may appear on A, P, or U. But it may appear on A only when U is short, because of the general rule of contonation and mora. The contonation includes the syllable with the acute and the following syllable, if there is one. The contonation is underlined in the following examples. ἄνεμος – acute on short A (only with short U) ἀνθρώπων – acute on long P (U must be long: see rule) ὁδός – acute on short U |
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