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"ref": "1598, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost",
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"ref": "2009, Iain Fenlon, Early Music History, page 66",
"text": "In the early Graduals Benevento VI. 38 and 40, the apostrophus is common in syllabic passages in sequences, tropes and prosulae.",
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},
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"text": "In transcriptions from Ben 34, I have not distinguished the apostrophus from regular notes.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, John Boe, Chant and Notation in South Italy and Rome before 1300, page 66",
"text": "The early Beneventan apostrophus was optional, instructive and exemplary, suggesting low, quick, unaccented syllables at the start of a phrase (sometimes implying a preceding breath) in the Gregorian Mass Propers and short or quick syllables in tropes, prosulae and sequences.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"An open notehead ( ~ ) or an apostrophe ( ' ) used as a neume to mark a low, unaccented syllable at the beginning of a phrase or a short quick syllable"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"open",
"open"
],
[
"notehead",
"notehead"
],
[
"apostrophe",
"apostrophe"
],
[
"neume",
"neume"
],
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"unaccented",
"unaccented"
],
[
"syllable",
"syllable"
],
[
"phrase",
"phrase"
],
[
"short",
"short"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music, historical) An open notehead ( ~ ) or an apostrophe ( ' ) used as a neume to mark a low, unaccented syllable at the beginning of a phrase or a short quick syllable"
],
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1862, Richard Hiley, The Elements of Latin Grammar, page 26",
"text": "In every multiplication with ten a fresh apostrophus is added; thus IƆƆ = 5000, IƆƆƆ = 50,000.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1878, Ethan Allen Andrews, Grammar of the Latin Language, page 72",
"text": "The annexing of the apostrophus or inverted C (Ɔ) to IƆ makes its value ten times greater;",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, Allied Chambers, The Chambers Dictionary",
"text": "The symbol Ɔ, known as the apostrophus, might be repeated one or more times after IƆ , each Ɔ making the number ten times greater , as IƆƆ = 5000 , ƆƆƆƆ = 500 000.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Jan K. Coetzee, Books & Bones & Other Things, page 78",
"text": "Anno CIƆ IƆ C LXXXVI. (Apostrophus numbering): In the year 1686",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The symbol 'Ɔ', used in Roman numerals to indicate multiplication by 10."
],
"links": [
[
"Roman numeral",
"Roman numeral"
]
]
}
],
"word": "apostrophus"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Albanian: apostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Albanian: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ast",
"2": "apóstrofe",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Asturian: apóstrofe (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Asturian: apóstrofe (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "apòstrof",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: apòstrof (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: apòstrof (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Czech: apostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Czech: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: apostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Dutch: apostrof, apostrophe\n→ Indonesian: apostrof\n→ Papiamentu: apostròf",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ Dutch: apostrof, apostrophe\n→ Indonesian: apostrof\n→ Papiamentu: apostròf"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eo",
"2": "apostrofo",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Esperanto: apostrofo",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Esperanto: apostrofo"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "apostrophe",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: apostrophe (learned)\n→ English: apostrophe\n→ Romanian: apostrof\n→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)\n→ Azerbaijani: apostrof\n→ Turkish: apostrof",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "→ French: apostrophe (learned)\n→ English: apostrophe\n→ Romanian: apostrof\n→ Russian: апо́строф (apóstrof)\n→ Azerbaijani: apostrof\n→ Turkish: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Apostroph",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Apostroph",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Apostroph"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "apostrofo",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: apostrofo (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: apostrofo (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "Apostroph",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Apostroph",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Luxembourgish: Apostroph"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "apostrofs",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Latvian: apostrofs",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Latvian: apostrofs"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "apostròfas",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Lithuanian: apostròfas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Lithuanian: apostròfas"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "апостроф",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: апостроф (apostrof)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: апостроф (apostrof)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: apostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: apostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "apostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: apostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: apostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "apóstrofo",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: apóstrofo (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: apóstrofo (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "àpostrof",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: àpostrof",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: àpostrof"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "apostrọ̑f",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: apostrọ̑f",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: apostrọ̑f"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "apóstrofo",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: apóstrofo (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: apóstrofo (learned)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἀπόστροφος",
"lit": "turned back"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, literally “turned back”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, literally “turned back”), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "apostrophī",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "la-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophōrum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophōs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophō",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "apostrophī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "apostrophus<2>"
},
"expansion": "apostrophus m (genitive apostrophī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "apostrophus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Late Latin",
"Latin 4-syllable words",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin masculine nouns",
"Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"la:Orthography"
],
"glosses": [
"The symbol ''; apostrophe"
],
"links": [
[
"orthography",
"orthography"
],
[
"'",
"'"
],
[
"apostrophe",
"apostrophe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Late Latin, orthography) The symbol ''; apostrophe"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Latin",
"declension-2",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"journalism",
"literature",
"media",
"orthography",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/aˈpos.tro.pʰus/",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[äˈpɔs̠t̪rɔpʰʊs̠]",
"tags": [
"Classical"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/aˈpos.tro.fus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[äˈpɔst̪rofus]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "apostrophus"
}
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