᾿

᾿ U+1FBF, ᾿ GREEK PSILI ← ι [U+1FBE] Greek Extended ῀ → [U+1FC0]

Translingual

Symbol

᾿

1. smooth breathing, psile

See also

• ᾽ (“coronis”)
• ψιλή

Ancient Greek

A gray lowercase alpha with a red smooth breathing.

Etymology

A reversed rough breathing mark (῾).

Diacritical mark

᾿ • (–)

1. A diacritical mark of the Greek script, called ψιλή (psilḗ, “smooth”) in Ancient Greek, and found on Ἀ (Ἀ)/ἀ (ἀ), Ἐ (Ἐ)/ἐ (ἐ), Ἠ (Ἠ)/ἠ (ἠ), Ἰ (Ἰ)/ἰ (ἰ), Ὀ (Ὀ)/ὀ (ὀ), Υ̓/ὐ (ὐ) and Ὠ (Ὠ)/ὠ (ὠ). 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.

See also

• (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) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨