| 释义 |
orthotone, a. (n.) Pros.|ˈɔːθəʊtəʊn|
[ad. Gr. ὀρθότον-ος having its right or proper accent, f. ὀρθό-ς (ortho-) + τόνος tone, accent.]
Having its own accent as an independent word; accented; spec. said of a word ordinarily unaccented (as an enclitic or proclitic) when it retains or takes an independent accent. b. n. An orthotone word.
1882in Ogilvie (Annandale). 1890D. B. Monro in Trans. Oxf. Philol. Soc. 7 Mar. 22 Enclitics in Homer nearly always follow the first orthotone word of the sentence.
Hence ˈorthotone v. trans., to accent (a word ordinarily unaccented).
(In mod. Dicts.) |