ὀξύβαρις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὀξυ- (oxu-) + βαρύς (barús)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sý.ba.ris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈsy.ba.ris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.βa.ris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈsy.va.ris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈsi.va.ris/
Noun
ὀξῠ́βᾰρις • (oxúbaris) f (genitive ὀξῠβᾰ́ρεως); third declension
- (grammar) the circumflex accent
Synonyms
- ὀξῠβᾰρεῖᾰ (oxubareîa)[1]
Coordinate terms
- (προσῳδίαι ἑλληνικαί) προσῳδία; βαρεῖα ⟨ ` ⟩, βραχεῖα ⟨ ˘ ⟩, δασεῖα ⟨ ῾ ⟩, διαίρεσις ⟨ ¨ ⟩, κορωνίς ⟨ ᾽ ⟩, μακρά ⟨ ¯ ⟩, ὀξεῖα ⟨ ´ ⟩, περισπωμένη ⟨ ῀ ⟩, προσγεγραμμένη ⟨ ι ⟩, ὑπογεγραμμένη ⟨ ͺ ⟩, ψιλή ⟨ ᾿ ⟩ (Category: grc:Diacritical marks)
References
- Called ὀξυβαρεῖα (oxubareîa) in «Περὶ τόνων» by Arcadius of Antioch (according to the LSJ, it's a spurious passage).
Further reading
- “ὀξύβαρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press