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smooth breathing (plural smooth breathings)

  1. (orthography) A diacritic mark (᾿/◌̓) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate the absence of aspiration for an initial vowel, and sometimes for rho, e.g. ἀ, ῤ
    Synonyms: spiritus lenis, psilon pneuma, psile, psili
    Coordinate terms: rough breathing, spiritus asper

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