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Greek Accents :1 Greek Accents Lesson 4: New Testament Greek: A Whole Language Approach by R. D. Kunjummen
Laura J. Hunt, B.R.E., M.T.S.
SYLLABLE POSITIONS :2 SYLLABLE POSITIONS
ULTIMA :3 ULTIMA ἔσχατος
ἀγαθός
PENULT :4 PENULT ἔσχατος
ἀγαθός
ANTEPENULT :5 ANTEPENULT ἔσχατος
παντοκράτωρ
γινωσκέτωσαν
Short and Long Vowel Review :6 Short and Long Vowel Review Short vowels
ALWAYS:
ε ο
final -οι -αι
Sometimes:
α , ι, υ Long vowels
ALWAYS:
η ω
diphthongs
Sometimes:
α , ι, υ
ULTIMA LENGTH EFFECTS :7 ULTIMA LENGTH EFFECTS
Even in English, accent can change with word length :Even in English, accent can change with word length ánalog
análogy
analógical
analógically 8
SHORT ULTIMA & the ACUTE :9 SHORT ULTIMA & the ACUTE μακάριος
λόγος
εὐλογητός
SHORT ULTIMA & the CIRCUMFLEX :10 SHORT ULTIMA & the CIRCUMFLEX δίκαιος
πρῶτος
Βαβυλῶνος
LONG ULTIMA & the ACUTE :11 LONG ULTIMA & the ACUTE ἄνθρωπος
ἀνθρώπων
γινωσκέτω
LONG ULTIMA & the CIRCUMFLEX :12 LONG ULTIMA & the CIRCUMFLEX δικαίους
θεοῖς
ἀγαθοποιῶν
ULTIMA LENGTH EFFECT—illus. :13 ULTIMA LENGTH EFFECT—illus. ἔσχατος
ἐσχάτη
ULTIMA LENGTH EFFECT—illus. :14 ULTIMA LENGTH EFFECT—illus. δίκαιοι
δίκαιαι
δικαίοις
VERB ACCENT: recessive :15 VERB ACCENT: recessive γίνωσκε
γινώσκεις
γινωσκέτω
VERB ACCENT :16 VERB ACCENT λῦε
λύετε
λυέτωσαν
NOMINAL ACCENT: persistent :17 NOMINAL ACCENT: persistent κύριος
κύριε
κυρίοις
NOMINAL ACCENT: persistent :18 NOMINAL ACCENT: persistent θεός
θεέ
θεοῖς
θεῷ
Accent Rules :19 Accent Rules First, determine what syllable gets the accent, then which accent it gets.
Verb accents are recessive; noun accents are persistent.
The acute accent is the default.
Long ultima – circumflex can’t be elsewhere; short ultima – long accented penult gets circumflex.
In chart form: :20 In chart form: Short Ultima Long Ultima
Acute on ultima Grave :21 Acute on ultima Grave Τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν;
Οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς, ὁ θεός.
Explain the accent marks: :22 Explain the accent marks: πιστὸς ὁ λόγος.
πιστὸς ὁ θεός.
ὁ νόμος ἅγιος καὶ ἡ ἐντολὴ ἁγία καὶ δικαία καὶ ἀγαθή.
ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα.