Barytone

Barytone

Barytone

A word without a final-syllable accent in Ancient Greek

For the type of singing voice, see baritone. For the obsolete string instrument, see baryton.

In Ancient Greek grammar, a barytone is a word without any accent on the last syllable. Words with an acute or circumflex on the second-to-last or third-from-last syllable are barytones, as well as words with no accent on any syllable:

Etymology

Like the word baritone, it comes from Ancient Greek barýtonos,[1] from barýs 'heavy; low'[2] and tónos 'pitch; sound'.[3]

See also

References

Herbert Weir Smyth. Greek Grammar. paragraph 158.

  1. [1]
    βαρύτονος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  2. [2]
    βαρύς
  3. [3]
    τόνος


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