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perispomene

perispomene noun: the circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek. Also the alternative form of perispomenon.

Noun

perispomene

  1. The circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.
    • The perispomene (῀) is an accent like any other, on syllables originally long.1956, Ary H. Crooson, “Greek at a Glance”, in Constantine Divry, editor, Divry’s Guide to Greece and Information Manual, New York, N.Y.: D. C. Divry, Inc., →OCLC, part I (Modern Greece, General...
    • The accents ´ oxeia (acute) bareia ` (grave) and ῀ perispomene (circumflex) were the early prosodic recitation marks for the Gospels and lessons.1988, Cyprus Today, volumes 26–27, Nicosia: Public Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15

Also used as

perispomene is also the alternative form of perispomenon.

Examples of perispomene in a sentence

  • At the time of Romanos, the special prosodic value of the perispomene was completely lost, so that -ών and -ῶν were perfectly homophone.2012, Cyril Aslanov, “Romanos the Melodist and Palestinian Piyyut: Sociolinguistic and Pragmatic Perspectives”, in Robert Bonfil, Oded...
  • Finally, the mordent tone, usually represented by the perispomene, is instead marked with an x above the vowel.2019 April 12, J. S. Ling, “Tones”, in Authoritative Guide to the Katalopsi Constructed Language, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN...

Forms of perispomene

alternative formperispomeni

Origin of perispomene

From Ancient Greek περισπωμένη (perispōménē).

Questions about perispomene

What does perispomene mean?
Perispomene means the circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.
How do you use perispomene in a sentence?
At the time of Romanos, the special prosodic value of the perispomene was completely lost, so that -ών and -ῶν were perfectly homophone.
What part of speech is perispomene?
Perispomene is a noun.

Words near perispomene in the dictionary

  1. perisplenetic
  2. perisplenic
  3. perisplenitis
  4. perispome
  5. perispomena
  6. perispomene
  7. perispomeni
  8. perispomenon
  9. perispomes
  10. perispore
  11. perispores

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