βαρύτονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βᾰρῠ́ς (barús) +‎ τόνος (tónos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

βᾰρῠ́τονος • (barútonos) m or f (neuter βᾰρῠ́τονον); second declension

1. deep-sounding
2. (grammar) (of words) barytone; having its acute accent on the last syllable changed to a grave accent (i.e. no accent at all)

Inflection

Derived terms

• βᾰρῠτονέω (barutonéō)

See also

• ὀξύτονος (oxútonos)
• παροξύτονος (paroxútonos)
• προπαροξύτονος (proparoxútonos)

Further reading

• “βαρύτονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βαρύτονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βαρύτονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βαρύτονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βαρύτονος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos).

Adjective

βαρύτονος • (varýtonos) m (feminine βαρύτονη, neuter βαρύτονο)

1. (grammar, linguistics) barytone, (of a word) having an unstressed last syllable
2. (music) baritone of a singer or musical instrument

Declension

See also

• οξύτονος (oxýtonos, “oxytone”)
• παροξύτονος (paroxýtonos, “paroxytone”)
• προπαροξύτονος (proparoxýtonos, “proparoxytone”)