ὑποδιαστολή

See also: υποδιαστολή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-, “under, lower”) +‎ διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, distinction”).

Noun

ὑποδιαστολή • (hupodiastolḗ) f (genitive ὑποδιαστολῆς); first declension

  1. (orthography, grammar) The hypodiastole, a mark used in scripta continua Classical and Byzantine Greek to note that a series of letters should be read as two words rather than all together, now identical to the comma.

Derived terms

  • Greek: υποδιαστολή f (ypodiastolí)
  • → Latin: hypodiastolē

Further reading

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