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TOPICS
Accent and Accent-Marking in Ancient Greek
Contonation and Mora
The Last 3 Syllables and the Accents
•acute
•circumflex
•grave
•ultima
•penult
•antepenult
Proclitics
Enclitics
Multiple Clitics
Traditional Terminology
Persistent Accentuation
• a- and o-declension
• consonant declension
Recessive Accentuation
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Persistent Accentuation (3 of 7): examples for o-declension |
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| ἄνθρωπος |
acute on A in nom. sing. (“main form”) |
| ἀνθρώπου |
acute moves to P because of long U |
| ἀνθρώπῳ |
acute moves to P because of long U |
| ἄνθρωπον |
acute persists on A with short U |
| ἄνθρωπε |
acute persists on A with short U |
| ἄνθρωποι |
acute persists on A with short U (final οι counts as short) |
| ἀνθρώπων |
acute moves to P because of long U |
| ἀνθρώποις |
acute moves to P because of long U (οι with ς following is not final, so counts as long) |
| ἀνθρώπους |
acute moves to P because of long U |
| ἀγαθός |
acute on U in nom. sing. masc.(“main form”) |
| ἀγαθοῦ |
accent persists on U, but circumflex (genitive case – rule 1) |
| ἀγαθῷ |
accent persists on U, but circumflex (dative case – rule 1) |
| ἀγαθόν |
acute persists on U |
| ἀγαθέ |
acute persists on U |
| ἀγαθοί |
acute persists on U |
| ἀγαθῶν |
accent persists on U, but circumflex (genitive case – rule 1) |
| ἀγαθοῖς |
accent persists on U, but circumflex (dative case – rule 1) |
| ἀγαθούς |
acute persists on U |
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