[B-Greek] accents
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 26 06:24:19 EDT 2008
The rule regarding the accentuation of nouns is that the accent tends to remain on the syllable on which it is found in the lemma or dictionary form if the general rules of accentuation allow that (in contrast to verbs where the accent tends to recede to the beginning of the word as far as the general rules of accentuation allow). The point to recognize is that these are functionally two separate words even though their signification may be identical and they are from the same root (Contrast the Brit use of "boot" with the American use of "trunk" where they are obviously different). Why is the accent placed differently? Simply because that is the way the two dialects pronounced them.
GENERAL ACCENT RULES: (I will avoid the technical designations and reference (1) 3rd syllable from end (2) 2nd syllable from end (3) Final syllable)
EXAMPLE: 1 2 3
θη ρα τηρ
(1) if accented can only have an acute
(2) if accented and long takes the circumflex -- otherwise, the acute
(3) if accented and short has the acute; if long EITHER acute or circumflex
The circumflex falls only on a long vowel.
The circumflex cannot move toward the beginning of the word beyond (2).
When (3) is long, the acute cannot move further back than (2) nor can the circumflex appear on (2)
The grave is substituted for the acute when followed by another word in the sentence.
george
gfsomsel
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----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Eddy <markeddy at qconline.com>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:48:48 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] accents
This does not directly relate to biblical Greek, but as I was studying last
week I checked some definitions in Liddell-Scott's intermediate lexicon, and
wandering over the page I came across different accentuations for the same
word in two different entries. I that know some of you are more informed
about Greek accentuation rules than I, so I am asking for your help.
On page 366 L-S has entries for
QHRATH/R
QHRA/TWR and
QHRHTH/R which is listed as the Ionic form of QH/RATHR.
Is this last word a typo, with a misplaced accent? Or are there rules of
accentuation here that I do not understand?
Mark Eddy
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