⏓

⏓ U+23D3, ⏓ METRICAL SHORT OVER LONG ← ⏒ [U+23D2] Miscellaneous Technical ⏔ → [U+23D4]

Translingual

Etymology

A macron: ⟨ ¯ ⟩ surmounted by a (metrical) breve: ⟨ ⏑ ⟩. Compare ⏒.

Symbol

⏓

1. Used in scansion to denote a syllable that is permitted to be either long or short in the given metre, such as in Latin poetry, for example, the last syllable of a line in any metre, and the last syllable of the first foot (which may be a second epitrite or a diiamb) in Sapphic metre.