In Ancient Greek grammar, a barytone is a word without any accent on the last syllable. Words with an acute or circumflex on the second-to-last or third-from-last syllable are barytones, as well as words with no accent on any syllable:
- τις 'someone' (unaccented)
- ἄνθρωπος 'person' ( proparoxytone)
- μήτηρ 'mother' ( paroxytone)
- μοῦσα 'muse' ( properispomenon)
Etymology
Like the word baritone, it comes from Ancient Greek barýtonos, [1] from barýs 'heavy; low' [2] and tónos 'pitch; sound'. [3]
See also
References
Herbert Weir Smyth. Greek Grammar. paragraph 158.
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In Ancient Greek grammar, a barytone is a word without any accent on the last syllable. Words with an acute or circumflex on the second-to-last or third-from-last syllable are barytones, as well as words with no accent on any syllable:
- τις 'someone' (unaccented)
- ἄνθρωπος 'person' ( proparoxytone)
- μήτηρ 'mother' ( paroxytone)
- μοῦσα 'muse' ( properispomenon)
Etymology
Like the word baritone, it comes from Ancient Greek barýtonos, [1] from barýs 'heavy; low' [2] and tónos 'pitch; sound'. [3]
See also
References
Herbert Weir Smyth. Greek Grammar. paragraph 158.
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