Meaning

2 senses
  1. Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.

    Spiritus asper

    даси́яdasíja

  2. A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.

Translations

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Origin

Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).

Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).

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Forms

plural: rough breathings
Singularrough breathing
Pluralrough breathings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rough breathing — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto