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Part I: Letters, Sounds, Syllables, Accent
Part II: Inflection
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[*] 149. There are three accents in Greek. No Greek accent can stand farther back than the antepenult. 1. Acute (/): over short or long vowels and diphthongs. It may stand on ultima, penult, or antepenult: καλός, δαίμων, ἄνθρωπος. 2. Circumflex (=): over vowels long by nature and diphthongs. It may stand on ultima or penult: γῆ, θεοῦ, δῶρον, τοῦτο. 3. Grave (\): over short or long vowels and diphthongs. It stands on the ultima only: τὸν ἄνδρα, τὴν τύχην, οἱ θεοὶ τῆς ῾ Ελλάδος.
American Book Company, 1920.
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