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  "lead": "In Ancient Greek grammar, a perispomenon ( ; ) is a word with a high-low pitch contour on the last syllable, indicated in writing by a tilde diacritic ( ) or an inverted breve accent mark ( ) in native transcriptions with the Greek alphabet, or by a circumflex accent mark ( ) in transcriptions with the Latin alphabet. A properispomenon has the same kind of accent, but on the penultimate syllable. Examples: * , theoû, \"of a god\", is a perispomenon * prâxis \"business\" is a properispomenon",
  "body": "In Ancient Greek grammar, a perispomenon ( ; ) is a word with a high-low pitch contour on the last syllable, indicated in writing by a tilde diacritic ( ) or an inverted breve accent mark ( ) in native transcriptions with the Greek alphabet, or by a circumflex accent mark ( ) in transcriptions with the Latin alphabet. A properispomenon has the same kind of accent, but on the penultimate syllable. Examples: , theoû, \"of a god\", is a perispomenon prâxis \"business\" is a properispomenon ==Etymology== Peri-spṓmenon means \"pronounced with a circumflex\", the neuter of the present passive participle of peri-spáō \"pronounce with a circumflex\" (also \"draw off\"). Pro-peri-spṓmenon adds the prefix pró \"before\". , perispomeni, is the Greek name for the accent marks ( or ) used above Greek letters, also known as , oxýbarys, \"high-low\" or \"acute-grave\", and its original form as a circumflex accent ( ) was combining the acute ( ) and grave ( ) pitch accents occurring successively only in bimoraic syllables (with long vowels or diphthongs). ==See also== Greek diacritics Circumflex Pitch accent Ultima (linguistics) Tone (linguistics) ==References==",
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