oxytonen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɒksɪtəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈɑksəˌtoʊn/

Forms: 1700s– oxytone, 1900s– oxyton (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀξύτονος.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀξύτονος having an acute accent (already in ancient Greek in sense ‘sharp-sounding, piercing’) < ancient Greek ὀξυ- oxy- comb. form¹ + τόνος tone n. Compare French oxyton (1570 in Middle French as adjective, 1868 as noun).With use as adjective compare earlier oxytonous adj. 2.

A. n.

Esp. in Ancient Greek: a word having an acute accent or a stress on the last syllable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > pitch accent > acute > word with acute accent on last syllable

oxytone1720

1720 J. Henley Compl. Linguist iv. ii. 13 Participles in εὶς, ὼς, ὺς..of Verbs..2d Aorist are Oxytones. That of the Perfect Passive is Penacute.

1764 W. Primatt Accentus Redivivi 109 Aristarchus..has pronounced it [sc. ἄγυιαν] as an oxytone.

1867 C. W. Bateman Questions on Kühner's Elem. Greek Gram. 8 How are oxytones marked in the body of a sentence?

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. App. 6 They are not independent or strictly final oxytones, being treated as fragments of a clause.

1912 Classical Philol. 7 431 It is likely, then, that the fixing of the accent was due to some group or groups of oxytones with this meaning.

1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 156 Oxytone, a word in which the last syllable bears the main accent.

1985 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 115 135 According to Wheeler's Law original oxytones become paroxytones if they have dactyl endings.

B. adj.

Esp. in Ancient Greek: having an acute accent or stress on the last syllable; oxytonic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > pitch accent > oxytone

oxytonous1796

oxytone1840

oxytonical1875

oxytonic1878

1840 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 495 In the two instances where he uses the word as a root, he gives the oxytone accent, which we approve.

1871 J. Hadley in Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1869–70 2 On the last syllable of an oxytone word, when..its higher pitch changes to a lower, the lower pitch is represented in..the same way as in the latter part of the circumflex accent.

1917 Classical Philol. 12 176 As regards accent, words of this type are regularly oxytone, as in Sanskrit.

1968 W. S. Allen Vox Graeca vi. 115 The grave symbol was then substituted for an acute where this occurred on a final mora (‘oxytone’ words).

1991 Lit. & Ling. Computing 6 30/2 The Old French (a basically oxytone language) epic tradition of alliteratives laisse is combined with rhyme in a non-oxytone language.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oxytone
释义	oxytonen.adj. Brit. /ˈɒksɪtəʊn/, U.S. /ˈɑksəˌtoʊn/ Forms: 1700s– oxytone, 1900s– oxyton (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀξύτονος. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ὀξύτονος having an acute accent (already in ancient Greek in sense ‘sharp-sounding, piercing’) < ancient Greek ὀξυ- oxy- comb. form¹ + τόνος tone n. Compare French oxyton (1570 in Middle French as adjective, 1868 as noun).With use as adjective compare earlier oxytonous adj. 2. A. n. Esp. in Ancient Greek: a word having an acute accent or a stress on the last syllable. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > pitch accent > acute > word with acute accent on last syllable oxytone1720 1720 J. Henley Compl. Linguist iv. ii. 13 Participles in εὶς, ὼς, ὺς..of Verbs..2d Aorist are Oxytones. That of the Perfect Passive is Penacute. 1764 W. Primatt Accentus Redivivi 109 Aristarchus..has pronounced it [sc. ἄγυιαν] as an oxytone. 1867 C. W. Bateman Questions on Kühner's Elem. Greek Gram. 8 How are oxytones marked in the body of a sentence? 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. App. 6 They are not independent or strictly final oxytones, being treated as fragments of a clause. 1912 Classical Philol. 7 431 It is likely, then, that the fixing of the accent was due to some group or groups of oxytones with this meaning. 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 156 Oxytone, a word in which the last syllable bears the main accent. 1985 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 115 135 According to Wheeler's Law original oxytones become paroxytones if they have dactyl endings. B. adj. Esp. in Ancient Greek: having an acute accent or stress on the last syllable; oxytonic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > pitch accent > oxytone oxytonous1796 oxytone1840 oxytonical1875 oxytonic1878 1840 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 495 In the two instances where he uses the word as a root, he gives the oxytone accent, which we approve. 1871 J. Hadley in Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 1869–70 2 On the last syllable of an oxytone word, when..its higher pitch changes to a lower, the lower pitch is represented in..the same way as in the latter part of the circumflex accent. 1917 Classical Philol. 12 176 As regards accent, words of this type are regularly oxytone, as in Sanskrit. 1968 W. S. Allen Vox Graeca vi. 115 The grave symbol was then substituted for an acute where this occurred on a final mora (‘oxytone’ words). 1991 Lit. & Ling. Computing 6 30/2 The Old French (a basically oxytone language) epic tradition of alliteratives laisse is combined with rhyme in a non-oxytone language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1720
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