smooth breathing

English

Noun

smooth breathing

1. (orthography) A diacritic mark in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate absence of aspiration for an initial vowel, and sometimes for a rho. (ἀ, ῤ)

Synonyms

• spiritus lenis

Translations

diacritic mark in Greek

• Finnish: heikko henkäys, spiritus lenis
• French: esprit doux (fr) m
• German: Spiritus lenis (de) m
• Greek: ψιλή (el) f (psilí)

  Ancient: ψιλὸν πνεῦμα n (psilòn pneûma)

• Italian: spirito dolce m
• Latin: spīritus lēnis m
• Russian: то́нкое придыха́ние n (tónkoje pridyxánije), зва́тельце (ru) n (zvátelʹce)

See also

• rough breathing