Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
properispome .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
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- adjective In Greek grammar, having a circumflex accent on the penultimate syllable.
- noun A word having such an accent.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek προπερισπώμενον (properispōmenon).
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Examples
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I suspect that ειθε is paroxytone and γενοιμην is properispomenon but those are total guesses.
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