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TOPICS Accent and Accent-Marking in Ancient Greek The Last 3 Syllables and the Accents Persistent Accentuation |
The grave accent ( ` ) occurs only on U. What it represented in terms of pitch in classical pronunciation is uncertain. In a connected utterance, the grave replaces an acute accent over U of a word not followed by punctuation (or an enclitic). Words in isolation: μακρά – acute on U
Words in connected utterance: μακρὰ ἡ ὁδός. “The road is long.” – grave used within sentence, but final acute retained before punctuation. ἡ ὁδὸς μακρά. “The road is long.” – grave used within sentence, but final acute retained before punctuation. |
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