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U+1FC0, ῀
GREEK PERISPOMENI
᾿
[U+1FBF]
Greek Extended
[U+1FC1]

◌͂ U+0342, ͂
COMBINING GREEK PERISPOMENI
◌́
[U+0341]
Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̓
[U+0343]

Translingual

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Diacritical mark

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  1. Greek circumflex, perispomene

Ancient Greek

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A gray lowercase alpha with a red circumflex in its allograph of an inverted breve
A gray lowercase alpha with a red circumflex in its allograph of a tilde

Diacritical mark

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  1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called περισπωμένη (perispōménē, twisted around) in Ancient Greek, and found on (â), (ê), (î), (û), and (ô). It is also known as circumflex and is printed either like an inverted breve or like a tilde. It was used to indicate the presence of a falling pitch accent on a long vowel or diphthong in the penultimate or final syllable of a word.

See also

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