Accent question

Rodney J. Decker rdecker at bbc.edu
Thu May 17 10:48:37 EDT 2001


Does the combination breathing mark/grave accent over the same letter ever 
occur (rough or smooth)?

It could only occur on a one-syllable word (since grave can stand only on 
the ultima and breathing marks only on the first). Most Greek fonts include 
such a composite character, but I've read through quite a few NT chapters 
and rummaged in several grammars (& Carson's book on accents), without 
finding such a creature. But I'd not want to dogmatize on that skimpy 
evidence. (Do any of the grammatical search programs [Accordance, Gramcord, 
BibleWorks, etc.] allow searching for such diacritics?)



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