We now return to the 2nd, the practical part over 3–syllaby.
We see again the table of all possible combinations of quantities and accents.
We'll exercise in prosody, following the order shown in this table.
Remember the symbols used:
the Long  ˉ       and        the Short  ˘
denoting quantity:
the long or short duration of a syllable
and the three accents:
which denote the (tonal) motion of the voice.
Acute ( ´ )  →   going upwards
Grave  ( ` )  →     normalizing
Circumflex  (  ῀  )  →   drawn around
We'll be using again
for the exercise's sake
3 syllables :
" τι "   →    antepenultimate
" τα "  →  penultimate
" το "  →  ultimate
which shall be long or short case by case.
At this point I owe to make a clarification :
In the exercise environment
the tonal heights I'm choosing
are totally arbitrary.
That is,
how words & syllables sound within the exercise
aren't necessarily the same
as they would be in normal speech.
So, an acute can sound higher or lower
according to *what* we want to say,
to *whom*,
under what *conditions*,
if we want to *emphasize* something, etc.
The same applies for the *speed* of delivering.
A long syllable
can be delivered long or longer
but the ratio between long & short
within the same word or sentence
will typically be 2 : 1
ie. a short syllable shall take half of a long one.
In brief,
during the exercise, speech can
and will sound artificial or meretricious;
because now we're not exercising
rhetoric or beauty of speech, but
only the basic prosody of single words.
Let's keep these in mind.
Let's start with the 1st row,
exercising the prosody
of all words ending in 3 long syllables.
We repeat, at first, the rhythm of the 3 ending syllables
without any accent.
τῑ  τᾱ  τω
τῑ  τᾱ  τω
τῑ  τᾱ  τω
Then, we repeat the accentuation cases.
case - 1 :
acute penultimate
τῑ  τά  τω
the exemplary word:
« συντάσσει »
case - 2  :
acute ultimate
τῑ  τᾱ  τώ
the exemplary word:
«  γεννηθείς  »
case - 3   :
circumflexed   ultimate
τῑ  τᾱ  τῶ
and an exemplary word :
«  εὐχωλῆς  »
case - 4   :
Grave ultimate   :
τῑ  τᾱ  τὼ
and the exemplary word :
«  μειωθεὶς  »
Let's now go to the 2nd row of our table,
where we practice words
ending in:     1 short & 2 long syllables.
We first repeat the rhythm of the 3 ending syllables, without tonal accents.
τῐ  τᾱ τω
Now with accent.
case - 1    :
acute   penultimate
τῐ  τά  τω
Exemplary word :
«  ἀλέκτωρ  »
case - 2   :
acute  ultimate
τῐ  τᾱ  τώ
the word :
«  παλαιστής  »
case - 3   :
circumflexed   ultimate
τῐ  τᾱ  τῶ
the word :
«  ἀνακτῶ  »
case - 4   :
grave   ultimate
τῐ  τᾱ  τὼ
and the exemplary word :
«  πεποιθὼς  »
Ηere follows the 3rd row of the table,
regarding words ending rhythmically in :
long - short - long.
We repeat the rhythm :
τῑ  τᾰ τω
case - 1   :
acute   penultimate
τῑ  τά  τω
One exemplary word :
«  δεσπότης  »
case - 2   :
acute   ultimate
τῑ  τᾰ  τώ
and an exemplary word :
«  ψυχική  »
case - 3   :
circumflexed   ultimate
τῑ  τᾰ  τῶ
one word as an example :
«  τακτικοῦ  »
case - 4   :
grave   ultimate
τῑ  τᾰ  τὼ
with the word :
«  λεκτικὴ  »
We now pass to the 4th row,
about words ending in 2 longs and 1 short.
Firstly the rhythm, unaccented :
τῑ  τᾱ  το
With the following cases :
case - 1   :
acute   antepenultimate
τί  τᾱ το
A sample word :
«  μάντευμα  »
case - 2   :
circumflexed   penultimate
τῑ  τᾶ  το
And the exemplary word :
«  μυθεῦον  »
case - 3   :
acute   ultimate
τῑ  τᾱ  τό
and the word :
«  ποικιλτός  »
case - 4   :
grave   utlimate
τῑ  τᾱ  τὸ
and the word :
«  συγγνωστὸν  »
The 5th row goes over words
ending in :
1 long – 2 short syllables
The rhythm :
τῑ  τᾰ  το
Accentuation:     case - 1
acute   antepenultimate
τί  τᾰ  το
with the word :
«  σώματα  »
case - 2   :
acute   penultimate
τῑ  τά  το
and one word as an example :
«  ποικίλος  »
case - 3   :
acute   ultimate
τῑ  τᾰ  τό
with the word :
«  πρακτικός  »
case - 4   :
grave   ultimate
τῑ  τᾰ  τὸ
with the word :
«  θρεπτικὸν  »
The 6th row of the table :
handling words ending in :
1 short - 1 long - 1 short
The unaccented rhythm is :
τῐ  τᾱ  το
and accentuation
case - 1  :
acute   antepenultimate
τί  τᾱ  το
an word as an example :
«  θάλασσα  »
case - 2   :
circumflexed   penultimate
τῐ  τᾶ  το
with the word :
«  ἀνῆψας  »
case - 3   :
acute   ultimate
τῐ  τᾱ  τό
with the word :
«  ἀπελθόν  »
case - 4   :
grave   ultimate
τῐ  τᾱ  τὸ
with the word :
«  παρελθὸν  »
On the 7th row we'll practice words ending in :
2 shorts - 1 long
The unaccented rhythm is :
τῐ  τᾰ  τω
case - 1   :
acute   penultimate
τῐ  τά  τω
one word as an example :
«  Ἱέρων  »
case - 2   :
acute   ultimate
τῐ  τᾰ  τώ
the exemplary word :
«  βασιλεύς  »
case - 3   :
circumflexed   ultimate
τῐ  τᾰ  τῶ
with the exemplary word :
«  πολεμῶν  »
case - 4   :
grave   ultimate
τῐ  τᾰ  τὼ
with the word as an example :
«  περιθεὶς  »
The 8th and last row of our table
regards words ending in 3 short syllables
The unaccented rendering of the 3 shorts is :
τῐ  τᾰ  το
and the accented, as follows :
case - 1   :
acute   antepenultimate
τί  τᾰ  το
One word as an example :
«  πόλεμον  »
case - 2   :
acute   penultimate
τῐ  τά  το
And the word :
«  κατόπιν  »
case - 3   :
acute   ultimate
τῐ  τᾰ  τό
and the word :
«  κεραμίς  »
4th and last case…
grave   ultimate
τῐ  τᾰ  τὸ
and our word :
«  ἀγαθὸν  »
Whew !
if you've managed to come this far
Bravo !
And now, that
our language muscles are
considerably exercised
It's time for
for something original.
To celebrate, we shall
we'll treat ourselves with
a recipe of Aristophanes
which, indeed, holds a place in
the Guiness Book of Records.
We shall, of course, pay the proper
attention to the rhythm.
"Let the word in front of me,
and let it kneel !"
All together !
THE  END
