Oxia Definition

noun

(orthography and typography) An Ancient Greek pitch-marking diacritic: ⟨ ´ ⟩; written atop vowels, it denotes high pitch on short vowels, and rising pitch on long vowels and diphthongs.

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Other Word Forms of Oxia

Noun

Singular:
oxia
Plural:
oxiae

Origin of Oxia

  • From the Ancient Greek ὀξεῖᾰ (okseia), an elliptical use for ἡ ὀξεῖᾰ προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (hē okseia prosōdíā, “the acute accent”) — ἡ (, the nominative feminine singular form of ὁ, ho, “the”, the definite article) + ὀξεῖᾰ (okseia, the nominative feminine singular form of ὀξῠ́ς, oksus, “sharp”, of sound “shrill”, of tones “high-pitched”) + προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōdiā, “variation in pitch of the speaking voice”, “pronunciation of a syllable on a certain pitch”, “a mark [i.e., a diacritic] indicating normally unwritten differences of pronunciation, viz. vowel quantity, breathing, and pitch”).

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