perispome, a. and n. Gr. Gram.
(ˈpɛrɪspəʊm)
[abbrev. of periˈspomenon (also in use) = Gr. περισπώµενον, neuter pr. pple. passive of περισπᾶν to draw around, mark with the circumflex (any syllable).]
a. adj. Having a circumflex accent on the last syllable. b. n. A word so accented.
| 1818 Blomfield tr. Matthiæ Gr. Gram. II. 958 Perispomena, περισπώµενα, which have the circumflex on the last syllable, as ϕιλῶ, τιµῶ, ποῦς. 1845 Jelf Gr. Gram. i. iii. 36 Perispomena—when the circumflex is on the ultima; as, κακῶς, πᾶς. 1867 tr. Curtius's Grk. Gram. (ed. 2) §21 A word having a circumflex on the last syllable is called perispomenon. Ibid. §93 After a perispome the accent of the enclitic is entirely lost. |
Hence ˈperispome v., to place a circumflex accent on the last syllable.