单词 | properispomenon |
释义 | properispomenonn.adj. Ancient Greek Grammar. A. n. A word having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable. ΚΠ 1735 J. Holmes Greek Gram. iv. i. 94/1 To these Rules of Accent, and those referr'd to, I might..have added large and tedious Tables of Oxytones..Paroxytones..Proparoxytones..Perispomenons..Properispomenons..and Barytones..could I have seen what Use they can be to Learners. 1818 E. V. Blomfield tr. A. H. Matthiæ Greek Gram. 958 Properispomena, which have the circumflex on the penultima. 1865 Atlantic Monthly June 737/2 How properispomena become paroxytones when the ultimate becomes long, and proparoxytones become paroxytones when the ultimate becomes long, while paroxytones with a short penult remain paroxytones. 1881 H. W. Chandler Greek Accent. (ed. 2) §971 A properispomenon followed by an enclitic receives the acute on its last syllable.., but dissyllabic enclitics after properispomena ending in ξ or ψ are oxytone. 1905 Athenæum 19 Aug. 250/3 He knows that an enclitic in ancient Greek throws back the accent upon a properispomenon, and consequently he writes τὸν μαῦρόν του which is not to be pronounced in modern Greek. 1956 Hesperia 25 231 In epigraphical publications, the word has usually been accented as a properispomenon. 1991 Trans Amer. Philol. Assoc. 121 260 The same pattern holds for the few perispomena and properispomena whose pitch relations are fully preserved. B. adj. Having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable; (also) designating accentuation of this type. ΚΠ 1880 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 1 128 Its accent as properispomenon is expressly attested by Herodian. 1881 H. W. Chandler Greek Accent. (ed. 2) §11 No word with a final syllable long by nature can be proparoxytone or properispomenon. 1916 Classical Rev. 30 7/1 The circumflex is not employed, perispomenon and properispomenon words being written oxytone and paroxytone respectively. 1973 A. H. Sommerstein Sound Pattern Anc. Greek v. 177 This rule..changes all properispomenon words ending in -ks to paroxytones. 1989 P. A. Stadter Comm. Plutarch's Pericles 115 Dow and some other scholars prefer the properispomenon accent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1735 |
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