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Barytone

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In Ancient Greek grammar, a barytone is a word without any accent on the last syllable. Words with an acute or circumflex on the second-to-last or third-from-last syllable are barytones, as well as words with no accent on any syllable:

Etymology

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Like the word baritone, it comes from Ancient Greek barýtonos,[1] from barýs 'heavy; low'[2] and tónos 'pitch; sound'.[3]

See also

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References

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Herbert Weir Smyth. Greek Grammar. paragraph 158.