᾿

᾿

1. smooth breathing, psile

• ᾽ (“coronis”)
• ψιλή

A reversed rough breathing mark (῾).

᾿ • (–)

1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called ψιλή (psilḗ, “smooth”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ἀ (A)/ἀ (a), Ἐ (E)/ἐ (e), Ἠ (Ē)/ἠ (ē), Ἰ (I)/ἰ (i), Ὀ (O)/ὀ (o), Υ̓ (U)/ὐ (u) and Ὠ (Ō)/ὠ (ō). It is also known by its Latin name spīritus lēnis or the English name smooth breathing. It is used to indicate a word-initial vowel.

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨