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Polytonic
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Meaning
Adj
●
Having several tones.
●
In Greek:
Having several tones.
Of or using the Greek system of
diacritics
which
employs
the
rough
and
smooth
breathings
and the
grave
,
acute
, and
circumflex accents
. Replaced by the
monotonic
system in 1982.
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Origin
polytonic
English
poly-
English
πολύς
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
tonic
English
τονικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
τόνος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
τείνω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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