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Definition of Grave accent
1. Noun. A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation.
Definition of Grave accent
1. Noun. A diacritic mark ( ? ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grave Accent
Literary usage of Grave accent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the Greek Language by Alpheus Crosby (1864)
"IV.) The CONNECTION OF WORDS in discourse, as follows. A. grave accent. ...
The syllable over which the grave accent is written is still regarded as acute, ..."
2. A Handbook to Modern Greek by Edgar Vincent D'Abernon, T. G. Dickson, Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1881)
"The grave accent can only stand on the last syllable. For rules respecting use
of the grave accent see §.. § 9. THE CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT. t. ..."
3. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1891)
"It was held by the ancient Greek grammarians that every unaccented syllable had
in reality the grave accent; consequently a word like ..."
4. Monthly Review (1798)
""The grave accent is not marked, except it be upon the last syllable «f ...
The grave accent is an unnecessary and superfluous appendage > as much so as the ..."
5. The British Critic: A New Review (1794)
"We {hall take this opportunity of hazarding a flight conjecture. From the frequent
recurrence of the grave accent where it never can be placed, ..."
6. The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review by John Henry Newman, James Shergold Boone (1794)
"From the frequent recurrence of the grave accent where it never can be placed,
and the frequent ... breathing for a grave accent, ..."
7. The Classical Journal (1812)
"This word is printed with three mistakes : on the first syllable there is a grave
accent for a rough breathing ; in the third there is ax^or x, and, ..."
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