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Originally Posted by WolfBack
Why do you want to add a accent in second A instead of a straight A?
In uppercase words we never use the tonos sign in the middle of the word (in modern Greek mono-tonic system). We use the tonos sign only in the first letter if this is a vowel and use a tonos in accent.
Like Anagki, the tonos sign is on the second A.
In uppercase is written as: ΑΝΑΓΚΗ (without any tonos)
In lowercase is written as: Ανάγκη (tonos in second lowercase A)
Another example, is the word άλλος (other)
Uppercase: ΆΛΛΟΣ (tonos in first uppercase A) and άλλος in lowercase.
The poly-tonic system and ancient Greek the things is a little confusing... As mentioned already, we have dasia (δασεία) oksia (οξεία) perispomeni (περισπωμένη) and psili (ψηλή).
Like my name:
In modern Greek is: Αντώνης - ΑΝΤΩΝΗΣ.
In polytonic is: Ἁντῶνης - ἉΝΤΩΝΗΣ.
If you want a program to write in greek polytonic system and past it in a css code, then you can use this tool:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6s...lMdXBqczA/view
You must use a greek unicode character set for your system keyboard, I think. |
I've just finished Book 5 (of 11) so I want to do some preparation to get the word right.
Let me summarise my problems:
- The character in question is in Ancient Greek - the book is set in the 15th century
- I do not know any Greek at all, apart from a few characters used in high school maths
- The second Alpha in the word is shown as an Á in the Oxford Classic ebook version, and the Signet Classic print version; and I accept that this is incorrect
- I not have access to any example of the word shown in whatever the correct version may be.
So, can anyone tell me please what character/entity/glyph/markup I should use for the second Alpha to make the word look like the word carved on a wall of Notre-Dame de Paris in the 15th century?