I wrote:
> The Greek perispomeni accent can be written as either a tilde-like form or as an
> inverted-breve.
Further to that: if the book you are transcribing was published in Britain, this increases
the chance that perispomeni will use the inverted-breve form. This is a feature of the
Porsonic Greek style, introduced in the mid-18th century and extremely popular among
British classicists even today.
John Hudson
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