Some authorities have interpreted it as representing a glottal stop, but a final vowel at the end of a word is regularly elided (removed) when the following word starts with a vowel and elision would not happen if the second word began with a glottal stop (or any other form of stop consonant). In his Vox Graeca, W.S. Allen accordingly regards the glottal stop interpretation as "highly improbable".[1]
The smooth breathing mark ( ᾿ ) is written as on top of one initial vowel, on top of the second vowel of a diphthong or to the left of a capital and also, in certain editions, on the first of a pair of rhos. It did not occur on an initial upsilon, which always has rough breathing (thus the early name ὕhy, rather than ὔy) except in certain pre-Koine dialects which had lost aspiration much earlier.
The smooth breathing was kept in the traditional polytonic orthography even after the /h/ sound had disappeared from the language in Hellenistic times. It has been dropped in the modern monotonic orthography.
The origin of the sign is thought to be the right-hand half ( ┤ ) of the letter H, which was used in some archaic Greek alphabets as [h] while in others it was used for the vowel eta. It was developed by Aristophanes of Byzantium to help readers discern between similar words. For example, ὅρος horos 'boundary' (rough breathing) and ὄρος oros 'mountain' (smooth breathing).[2] In medieval and modern script, it takes the form of a closing half moon (reverse C) or a closing single quotation mark:
ἀ
Ἀ
Smooth breathings were also used in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets when writing the Old Church Slavonic language. Today it is used in Church Slavonic according to a simple rule: if a word starts with a vowel, the vowel has a psili over it. From the Russian writing system, it was eliminated by Peter the Great during his alphabet and font-style reform (1707). All other Cyrillic-based modern writing systems are based on the Petrine script, so they have never had the smooth breathing.
Coronis
The coronis (κορωνίς, korōnís, "crow's beak" or "bent mark"), the symbol written over a vowel contracted by crasis,[4] was originally[when?] an apostrophe after the letter: τα᾽μά. In present use, its appearances in Ancient Greek are written over the medial vowel with the smooth breathing mark—τἀμά—and appearances of crasis in modern Greek are not marked.
In Unicode, the code points assigned to the smooth breathing are U+0313◌̓COMBINING COMMA ABOVE for Greek and U+0486◌҆COMBINING CYRILLIC PSILI PNEUMATA for Cyrillic. The pair of space + spiritus lenis is U+1FBF᾿GREEK PSILI. The coronis is assigned two distinct code points, U+1FBD᾽GREEK KORONIS and U+0343◌̓COMBINING GREEK KORONIS.
^Allen, W.S. (1968–1974). Vox Graeca: A guide to the pronunciation of classical Greek. Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-521-20626-X.
^Sturtevant, E.H. (1937). "The Smooth Breathing". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. Johns Hopkins University Press. 68: 112–119. doi:10.2307/283256. JSTOR 283256. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^Note on terminology: Crasis in English usually refers to merging of words, but the sense of the word in the original Greek used to be more general,[3] referring to most changes related to vowel contraction, including synaeresis, though this is no longer the case.
January 13, 2023
smooth, breathing, redirects, here, similar, character, ejective, consonant, smooth, breathing, ancient, greek, ψιλὸν, πνεῦμα, romanized, psilòn, pneûma, greek, ψιλή, psilí, latin, spīritus, lēnis, diacritical, mark, used, polytonic, orthography, ancient, gree. redirects here For the similar character ʼ see Ejective consonant The smooth breathing Ancient Greek psilὸn pneῦma romanized psilon pneuma Greek psilh psili Latin spiritus lenis is a diacritical mark used in polytonic orthography In Ancient Greek it marks the absence of the voiceless glottal fricative h from the beginning of a word Smooth breathingIn UnicodeU 0313 COMBINING COMMA ABOVE Latin See alsoRough breathingSome authorities have interpreted it as representing a glottal stop but a final vowel at the end of a word is regularly elided removed when the following word starts with a vowel and elision would not happen if the second word began with a glottal stop or any other form of stop consonant In his Vox Graeca W S Allen accordingly regards the glottal stop interpretation as highly improbable 1 The smooth breathing mark is written as on top of one initial vowel on top of the second vowel of a diphthong or to the left of a capital and also in certain editions on the first of a pair of rhos It did not occur on an initial upsilon which always has rough breathing thus the early name ὕ hy rather than ὔ y except in certain pre Koine dialects which had lost aspiration much earlier The smooth breathing was kept in the traditional polytonic orthography even after the h sound had disappeared from the language in Hellenistic times It has been dropped in the modern monotonic orthography Contents 1 History 2 Coronis 3 Letters with smooth breathing mark 4 Unicode 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory EditThe origin of the sign is thought to be the right hand half of the letter H which was used in some archaic Greek alphabets as h while in others it was used for the vowel eta It was developed by Aristophanes of Byzantium to help readers discern between similar words For example ὅros horos boundary rough breathing and ὄros oros mountain smooth breathing 2 In medieval and modern script it takes the form of a closing half moon reverse C or a closing single quotation mark ἀ Ἀ Smooth breathings were also used in the early Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets when writing the Old Church Slavonic language Today it is used in Church Slavonic according to a simple rule if a word starts with a vowel the vowel has a psili over it From the Russian writing system it was eliminated by Peter the Great during his alphabet and font style reform 1707 All other Cyrillic based modern writing systems are based on the Petrine script so they have never had the smooth breathing Coronis EditThe coronis korwnis korōnis crow s beak or bent mark the symbol written over a vowel contracted by crasis 4 was originally when an apostrophe after the letter ta ma In present use its appearances in Ancient Greek are written over the medial vowel with the smooth breathing mark tἀma and appearances of crasis in modern Greek are not marked Letters with smooth breathing mark Editvte Smooth breathing Greek Ἀ ἀἘ ἐἨ ἠἸ ἰὈ ὀ ῤ ὐὨ ὠUnicode EditIn Unicode the code points assigned to the smooth breathing are U 0313 COMBINING COMMA ABOVE for Greek and U 0486 COMBINING CYRILLIC PSILI PNEUMATA for Cyrillic The pair of space spiritus lenis is U 1FBF GREEK PSILI The coronis is assigned two distinct code points U 1FBD GREEK KORONIS and U 0343 COMBINING GREEK KORONIS See also EditGreek diacritics Rough breathing Modifier letter right half ring ʾ AlephReferences Edit Allen W S 1968 1974 Vox Graeca A guide to the pronunciation of classical Greek Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 20626 X Sturtevant E H 1937 The Smooth Breathing Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association Johns Hopkins University Press 68 112 119 doi 10 2307 283256 JSTOR 283256 Retrieved 29 January 2021 crasis Oxford English Dictionary Online ed Oxford University Press Subscription or participating institution membership required Note on terminology Crasis in English usually refers to merging of words but the sense of the word in the original Greek used to be more general 3 referring to most changes related to vowel contraction including synaeresis though this is no longer the case Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Smooth breathing amp oldid 1121213463 Coronis, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
