[B-Greek] circumflex falls on H of the verb APHLQEN
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon May 24 05:54:29 EDT 2004
According to the general rules of accent a circumflex cannot recede
beyond the penult but can only appear on the ultima (last syllable) or
penult (next to last syllable). Therefore it could not fall on the A of
APHLQEN (the antepenult).
The accentuation of APHLQEN follows that of the aorist of APERXOMAI and
therefore of ERXOMAI, HRXOMHN, ELEUSOMAI, HLQON. Since this verb is
irregular, the aorist is HLQON with a circumflex on the penult. It's
been a while since I reviewed the subject, but my recollection is that in
verbs the accent tends to remain on the same syllable throughout (subject
to the general rules) while in nouns it tends to recede. The accent
would therefore not appear on the prefix.
Smyth deals fairly extensively with the subject of accentuation in §§
149-187 (pp. 37-49).
gfsomsel
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 15:35:07 +0800 "David Lew" <davidlew at 163.com> writes:
> A circumflex falls on H of the verb APHLQEN. Could anyone tell me
> why not fall on the A of the verb according to the general rules of
> accent?
> thanks a lot.
>
> David Lew
> China
>
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