Barytone

For the type of singing voice, see baritone. For the obsolete string instrument, see baryton.

In Ancient Greek grammar, a barytone is a word without any accent on the last syllable. Words with an acute or circumflex on the second-to-last or third-from-last syllable are barytones, as well as words with no accent on any syllable:

• τις 'someone' (unaccented)
• ἄνθρωπος 'person' (proparoxytone)
• μήτηρ 'mother' (paroxytone)
• μοῦσα 'muse' (properispomenon)

Etymology

Like the word baritone, it comes from Ancient Greek barýtonos,^[1] from barýs 'heavy; low'^[2] and tónos 'pitch; sound'.^[3]

See also

• Pitch accent
• Oxytone
• Ultima (linguistics)