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smooth breathing

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin spīritus lēnis, from Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma).

  1. derived from ψιλὸν πνεῦμα
  2. calqued from spīritus lēnis

Definitions

  1. The lack of aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.

  2. A diacritic (’/◌̓) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this lack of…

    A diacritic (’/◌̓) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this lack of aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἀ, ῤ.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for smooth breathing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA