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minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoexcuse me, but as a Greek, what the fuck is this ῥ?
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoCopied it from wiktionary, didn’t bother caring about ancient vs. modern. Especially given that the only reason I can read it is maths.
minus-squarefxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoI’m not Greek and know nothing about the diacritics, but from wikipedia seems to just be ρ with rough breathing. Should be “rhe”? I may be saying the complete obvious, that’s just what I got from the wiki :p It indeed is “rhythmos”.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoI know, but the letter is actually just ρ. We don’t have a different sounding r in Greek
minus-squarefxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 hours ago We don’t have a different sounding r in Greek Modern greek. The word’s from ancient greek; https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ῥυθμός https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ρυθμός Notice how the modern word dropped that diacritic
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoDaym, corrected by a Non-Greek >_<
excuse me, but as a Greek, what the fuck is this
ῥ?Copied it from wiktionary, didn’t bother caring about ancient vs. modern. Especially given that the only reason I can read it is maths.
I’m not Greek and know nothing about the diacritics, but from wikipedia seems to just be ρ with rough breathing. Should be “rhe”? I may be saying the complete obvious, that’s just what I got from the wiki :p
It indeed is “rhythmos”.
I know, but the letter is actually just
ρ. We don’t have a different sounding r in GreekModern greek. The word’s from ancient greek;
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ῥυθμός
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ρυθμός
Notice how the modern word dropped that diacritic
Daym, corrected by a Non-Greek >_<