"Antepenultima" Quotes from Famous Books
... been a keen controversy respecting the accentuation of [Greek: Theophoros]. Those who place the accent on the antepenult ([Greek: Theo'phoros]) give it the meaning mentioned in the test; whilst others, placing the accent on the penult ([Greek: Theopho'ros]), understand by it God-bearing, the explanation given in the "Acts of the Martyrdom of Ignatius." See Daille, "De Scriptis quae ... — The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution • W.D. [William Dool] Killen |