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1. Grave Accent

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   The divergence between the acute accent/) and grave accent is a significant event in the history of diacritics. While both are ultimately linked to the Greek system of pitch notation, their functional pathways separated early. The acute accent/) primarily retained its function related to elevation or stress marking, traceable to [Koine Greek](/entries/koine-g…

2. Latin Meter

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   Long Vowels ($\text{--}$): Vowels naturally long by inherent quality (e.g., inherited long $\text{\bar{a}}$, diphthongs like $\text{ae}$, $\text{au}$, $\text{eu}$).
   Positionally Long Syllables: A short vowel followed by two or more consonants (including any geminate consonants) becomes long by position. A short vowel followed by a single consonant or the next word's initial consonant is also considered long, provided the following word begins with a vowel that does not undergo elision or [synizesis…

3. Latin Meter

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   Resolution: The substitution of a metrical unit with a sequence of shorter or longer units that possess the same total mora count (e.g., replacing one Dactyl ($\text{--UU}$) with two Iambs ($\text{U--U--}$) is rare outside of highly specific lyric arrangements [8].
   Elision and Synizesis: The running together of vowels across word boundaries is mandatory for preserving meter. Elision (the loss of a final short vowel before an initial vowel) is pragmatic; Synizesis (the merging of two adjacent vowels int…