[B-Greek] Koine Greek pronunciation

Cory Taylor rebellion117 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 12 12:51:25 EDT 2008


Pronouncing omicron with the same length as omega is a feature of modern
Greek. Some argue (e.g. Caragounis) that Koine Greek should be pronounced
like Modern Greek.

Classical Greek pronunciation had omicron as a short "o" sound, and omega as
a long "o." This comes out in the names of the letters - "omicron" is
actually "o micron," which means "little o;" likewise, "o mega" is "big o."
In other words, "omicron" is a "short o" and "omega is a "long o."

Hope this helps!

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:55 AM, <JMonte2000 at aol.com> wrote:

> I'm taking a course with someone and they pronounce an omicron as a long O
> like an Omega. He didn't know why we pronounce the omicron differently,
> does
> anyone know why this is? I'm pronouncing how Bill Mounce does on his
>  Lecture's
> CD's. They are using Machen's book for 1st year. I'm doing the last  few
> chapters with them, his exercises are very hard, much harder then
> Mounce's.  Then
> we'll start on syntax using Dana and Mantey.
>
> Grace and  peace
> Jim Montesano
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