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Definition of Paroxytone
1. Noun. Word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable.
Definition of Paroxytone
1. n. A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
Definition of Paroxytone
1. Adjective. (context: of a word, especially an Ancient Greek word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. ¹
2. Noun. A paroxytone word. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paroxytone
Literary usage of Paroxytone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grammar of the Greek Language: For Use of Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Crosby (1871)
"... are paroxytone ; so compounds of ^0os, ... if the penult is long ; but if the
penult is short, they are commonly paroxytone ..."
2. A Practical Introduction to Greek Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1869)
"When the penult is thort, those with a transitive meaning are paroxytone ...
ocre, are paroxytone; except those from (2) With any vowel but о before the ..."
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