At first, refer to the given tables to get the characters you want. After a time this will become automatic.
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We use 6 diacritics: breathings c and q, accents è, é and â and iota subscript ç.
The diacritics may be entered in any order.
For capital letters (A, E, ...) only breathings apply, accents are not supported
Rough breathing is obtained by adding the character c after the vowel (and the letter r)
Smooth breathing is obtained by adding the character q after the vowel.
Accents are obtained by adding one character after the vowel:
- é for acute : aé ==> ά
- è for grave : uè ==> ὺ
- â for circumflex : ôâ ==> ῶ
iota subscript is obtained by adding the character ç after the vowel. Example : aç ==> ᾳ
The program uses the Unicode Greek extended table, so the characters get rendered without problem in MS Word
Any character not recognized is rendered unmodified. This extends to the improper use of diacritics:
- diacritics not following a vowel
- after r, diacritic other than c
- simultaneous use of non compatible diacritics: example: acq ==> acq (not ἁq), aéè ==> aéè (not άè)
- illegal circumflex over ε and o
- illegal iota subscript with ε, ι, ο, υ
I got the reference to Logeion (which allows for consultation of the major classical dictionaries: LSJ, Pape, Bailly and others, https://logeion.uchicago.edu/about ) from Lexilogos (https://www.lexilogos.com/english/greek_ancient_dictionary.htm)
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