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'''A:''' There are 8 different forms. | '''A:''' There are 8 different forms. | ||
*'''Full diacritics''': this is the form of the word with the maximum number of diacritics. The only difference betwen this one and Medium diacritics is that this one may also have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron macron] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrachy vrachy] marks. A known issue here in the original Perseus data, is that macron and vrachy are often not combined with the accent mark. | *'''Full diacritics''': this is the form of the word with the maximum number of diacritics. The only difference betwen this one and Medium diacritics is that this one may also have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron macron] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrachy vrachy] marks. A known issue here in the original Perseus data, is that macron and vrachy are often not combined with the accent mark (when the specific letter should also have an accent). | ||
*'''Medium diacritics''': This is the standard used in Ancient Greek polytonic writing with full accents and breathings, excluding macron and vrachy. | *'''Medium diacritics''': This is the standard used in Ancient Greek polytonic writing with full accents and breathings, excluding macron and vrachy. | ||
*'''Low diacritics''': In this format only the acute accent is used and it is the way a word would be written in monotonic Greek (Modern Greek). | *'''Low diacritics''': In this format only the acute accent is used and it is the way a word would be written in monotonic Greek (Modern Greek). |