perispomene

noun

1. The circumflex ⟨◌͂⟩, a diacritical mark used in the polytonic script of Greek.

   The perispomene (῀) is an accent like any other, on syllables originally long.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek περισπωμένη (perispōménē).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry perispomene (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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