spiritus lenis

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Definition of spiritus lenis in English English dictionary

A diacritic mark in Ancient Greek used to indicate absence of aspiration for an initial vowel, and sometimes for a rho

The spiritus lenis mark looks like a closing single quote.

Hyphenation

spiritus le·nis

Synonyms

psilon pneuma, psilí

Etymology

() From Latin spīritus lēnis; literally, 'smooth breath'