properispomenon
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπερισπώμενον (properispṓmenon).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
properispomenon (not comparable)
- (linguistics, of a word) In Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
- Coordinate terms: perispomenon, oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone, barytone
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable
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NounEdit
properispomenon (plural properispomenons or properispomena)
- (linguistics) A word having such an accent.
- Coordinate terms: perispomenon, oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone, barytone
TranslationsEdit
a word having a properispomenon accent
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ‘properispo·menon’ s.v. “Properispome, a. and sb.” on page 1,470/3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)