| 单词 | rough breathing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough breathing b. Phonetics. Of an (esp. ancient Greek) letter or sound: aspirated. Also, of a diacritic mark: indicating such pronunciation. Frequently in rough breathing.Cf. breathing n. 9, smooth breathing n. at smooth adj. Compounds 1a. [In rough breathing after spiritus asper n. or its etymon post-classical Latin spiritus asper.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > aspirate spiritus asper1649 aspirated1668 incrassated1668 spiritous1668 aspirate1669 spirital1669 spirited1670 rough1696 1696 W. T. Lily, Improved 151 The rough or harsh Breathing, called Asper Spiritus, when a word begins with H. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at H The original softer א and ה,..and the rougher ע and ח the parent of H. 1785 Ess. Punctuation 153 That the letters over which it [῾] is placed, should be pronounced with a rough breathing. 1864 F. M. Müller Lect. Sci. Lang. 2nd Ser. 95 The media or middle letters were originally so called because..they stood half-way between the bare and the rough letters. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 355/1 H still remained as the rough breathing. 1920 tr. Explanationes in Artem Donati in E. H. Sturtevant Pronunc. Greek & Lat. i. 4 The Greeks call breathings rough and smooth [L. Graeci adspirationem appellant]. 1965 Vetus Testamentum 15 529 The method used to indicate the rough breathing and also the rules of diaeresis observed in both texts, fully agree. 2000 A. J. Boyle & R. D. Woodard tr. Ovid Fasti 28 Over a long time the rough letter became smooth [L. aspera mutata est in lenem tempore longo littera] at the beginning of the whole name. < as lemmas |
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