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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

orthotone en · ADJ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθότονος (orthótonos, “with unmodified accent”). By surface analysis, ortho- + tone.

Meanings

  1. (Greek, not-comparable) Retaining the accent independently; not enclitic; said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which are enclitic in other situations.
    • orthotone word
    • orthotone prepositions
    • orthotone coordinators

Deriveds

orthotonesis

Synonyms

orthotonic

orthotone en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀρθότονος (orthótonos, “with unmodified accent”). By surface analysis, ortho- + tone.

Meanings

  1. An orthotone form.

Forms

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