# Digammatic words

**URL:** <https://www.textkit.com/t/digammatic-words/5193>\
**Category:** Homeric Greek and Early Greek Poetry\
**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/digammatic-words/5193 "2006-04-06T01:45:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![annis](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@annis](https://www.textkit.com/u/annis)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/digammatic-words/5193/21 "2006-04-30T17:47:02Z")

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> [@Bert](#):
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> Here are a few. (I never realized there are that many. These five are from two pages of Cunliffe.)  
> ῥάκος

Words starting with rho are a little difficult. Most of the time (and nearly without exception in later poetry) any final short vowel before a word starting with ῥ is scanned long, regardless of the etymology of the rho.

This may require another separate note at the bottom. 🙂

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