smooth breathing

English

Noun

smooth breathing

(orthography) A diacritic mark (᾿/◌̓) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate absence of aspiration for an initial vowel, and sometimes for rho, e.g. ἀ, ῤ
Synonyms: spiritus lenis, psilon pneuma, psile, psili

Coordinate terms: rough breathing, spiritus asper

Translations

diacritic mark in Greek

Finnish: heikko henkäys, spiritus lenis
French: esprit doux (fr) m
German: Spiritus lenis (de) m
Greek: ψιλή (el) f (psilí)
Ancient: ψιλὸν πνεῦμα n (psilòn pneûma)
Italian: spirito dolce m
Latin: spīritus lēnis m
Polish: przydech słaby m
Portuguese: espírito brando (pt) m
Russian: то́нкое придыха́ние n (tónkoje pridyxánije), зва́тельце (ru) n (zvátelʹce)

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