Quick question. In the Woodhouse dictionary, the accent on the word number is on the antepenult ([size=150]ἄριθμος[/size]); however, in the Little LS, the accent is on the ultima. Which one is correct? Are they both correct?
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The LSJ (on Perseus) and the Pocket Oxford Classical Greek Dictionary both have it accented on the ultima.
As you've probably noticed, ἀριθμος technically could have an accent on the antepenult since it has a short ultima. If we knew the word to have recessive accent, we indeed would have expected an accent on the antepenult - but as you know, it's a noun, and nouns don't necessarily have recessive accents...
However - I do recall my tutor telling me of a Greek dialect (Aeolic, I think), in which all words have recessive accent.
As you've probably noticed, ἀριθμος technically could have an accent on the antepenult since it has a short ultima. If we knew the word to have recessive accent, we indeed would have expected an accent on the antepenult - but as you know, it's a noun, and nouns don't necessarily have recessive accents...
However - I do recall my tutor telling me of a Greek dialect (Aeolic, I think), in which all words have recessive accent.
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In general I'd take LSJ over Woodhouse on such questions. My pocket Oxford agrees with LSJ, too.
[u]ἔγω[/u] δὲ μόνα κατεύδω
Except a few prepositions, but yes, Lesbian Aeolic had mostly recessive accent. Seeing a line like this was a bit of a surprise at first:Raya wrote:However - I do recall my tutor telling me of a Greek dialect (Aeolic, I think), in which all words have recessive accent.
[u]ἔγω[/u] δὲ μόνα κατεύδω
William S. Annis — http://www.aoidoi.org/ — http://www.scholiastae.org/
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;
τίς πατέρ' αἰνήσει εἰ μὴ κακοδαίμονες υἱοί;