perispomenon

From Ancient Greek περισπώμενον (perispṓmenon).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹɪˈspəʊmənɒn/

perispomenon (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a word) Having a circumflex accent on the last syllable.

   Alternative form: perispomene

   Coordinate terms: properispomenon, oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone, barytone

perispomenon (plural perispomena)

1. (linguistics) A word with a circumflex accent on the last syllable.

   Coordinate terms: properispomenon, oxytone, paroxytone, proparoxytone, barytone

   • 1893, William Watson Goodwin, A Greek Grammar‎^[1]:

     All contract forms of these adjectives are perispomena; except ώ for έω and όω in the dual

• perispome

• ‘perispo·menon’ s.v. “Perispome, a. and sb.” on page 704/3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)