All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Ancient Greek diacritical marks"

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Total 9 word senses

• ᾽ (Character) [Ancient Greek] A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called κορωνίς (korōnís, “curved”) in Ancient Greek, identical in shape to the smooth breathing (᾿), used to indicate crasis.
• ᾿ (Character) [Ancient Greek] A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called ψιλή (psilḗ, “smooth”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ἀ (Ἀ)/ἀ (ἀ), Ἐ (Ἐ)/ἐ (ἐ), Ἠ (Ἠ)/ἠ (ἠ), Ἰ (Ἰ)/ἰ (ἰ), Ὀ (Ὀ)/ὀ (ὀ), Υ̓/ὐ (ὐ) and Ὠ (Ὠ)/ὠ (ὠ). It is also known by its Latin name spīritus lēnis or the English name smooth breathing. It is used to indicate a word-initial vowel.
• ῀ (Character) [Ancient Greek] A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called περισπωμένη (perispōménē, “twisted around”) in Ancient Greek, and found on ᾶ (â), ῆ (ê), ῖ (î), ῦ (û), and ῶ (ô). It is also known as circumflex and is printed either like an inverted breve or like a tilde. It was used to indicate the presence of a falling pitch accent on a long vowel or diphthong in the penultimate or final syllable of a word.
• ◌̀ (Character) [Ancient Greek] A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called βαρεῖα (bareîa, “sharp”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ὰ (À)/ὰ (à), Ὲ (È)/ὲ (è), Ὴ (Ḕ)/ὴ (ḕ), Ὶ (Ì)/ὶ (ì), Ὸ (Ò)/ὸ (ò), Ὺ (Ù)/ὺ (ù) and Ὼ (Ṑ)/ὼ (ṑ). It is also known by its Latin name accentus gravis or the English name grave accent. It was used to indicate the presence of the accent on the last syllable of a word when immediately followed by another…
• ◌́ (Character) [Ancient Greek] A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ά (Á)/ά (á), Έ (É)/έ (é), Ή (Ḗ)/ή (ḗ), Ί (Í)/ί (í), Ό (Ó)/ό (ó), Ύ (Ú)/ύ (ú) and Ώ (Ṓ)/ώ (ṓ).
• ◌̈ (Character) [Ancient Greek] A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called διαίρεσις (diaíresis, “division”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ϊ/ϊ and Ϋ/ϋ. It is also known by the names διαλυτική (dialutikḗ, “severing”) or τρῆμα (trêma, “dots on a die”). It was used to indicate that the vowel letter ι (i) or υ (u) formed a separate syllable rather than a diphthong when written after another vowel letter.
• ◌̓ (Character) [Ancient Greek] combining character equivalent of ᾽ (U+1FBD GREEK KORONIS)
• ◌̓ (Character) [Ancient Greek] combining character equivalent of ᾿ (U+1FBF GREEK PSILI)
• ◌͡◌ (Character) [Ancient Greek] Used to mark an ambiguous string of letters as being a single word, as due to the general lack of word-spacing they might otherwise be read separately.

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