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There are 8 different forms. | There are 8 different forms. | ||
*'''Full diacritics''': this is the form | *'''Full diacritics''': this is the form 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_diacritics#Breathings breathings], excluding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron macron] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrachy vrachy]. In many cases the word in Medium diacritics will be exactly the same as in Full diacritics as not all Full diacritics entries contain macron and vrachy. | *'''Medium diacritics''': This is the standard used in Ancient Greek polytonic writing with full accents and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_diacritics#Breathings breathings], excluding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron macron] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrachy vrachy]. In many cases the word in Medium diacritics will be exactly the same as in Full diacritics as not all Full diacritics entries contain 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). In some cases the word in Low diacritics will be exactly the same as in Medium diacritics and Full diacritics when there are no breathings, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota_subscript iota subscript] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_accent grave] accent in Medium diacritics. | *'''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). In some cases the word in Low diacritics will be exactly the same as in Medium diacritics and Full diacritics when there are no breathings, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota_subscript iota subscript] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_accent grave] accent in Medium diacritics. | ||
