Syllabification

The syllabify functions handles the complex task of dividing Greek words into syllables, and returns an Array of string values. Accents are removed from the result since accents are only meaning as parts of a complete lexical token or phrase.

The following examples illustrate correct division of a variety of consonant and vowel patterns.

using PolytonicGreek 
lg = literaryGreek()
syllables = syllabify("ἄνδρασι",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ἀν-δρα-σι"

syllables = syllabify("προΐστημι",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"προ-ϊ-στη-μι"

syllables = syllabify("ἀναμιμνησκόμενος",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ἀ-να-μι-μνη-σκο-με-νος"

syllables = syllabify("καταβάλλω",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"κα-τα-βαλ-λω"

syllables = syllabify("δέομαι",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"δε-ο-μαι"

syllables = syllabify("ὀΐω",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ὀ-ϊ-ω"

syllables = syllabify("ὀίω",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ὀι-ω"

syllables = syllabify("ἑωρακυῖα",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ἑ-ω-ρα-κυι-α"

syllables = syllabify("δεδιέναι",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"δε-δι-ε-ναι"

syllables = syllabify("ἔργμα",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ἐρ-γμα"

syllables = syllabify("οὐδέποτε",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"οὐ-δε-πο-τε"

syllables = syllabify("κελεύει",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"κε-λευ-ει"

syllables = syllabify("οἰκίαις",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"οἰ-κι-αις"

syllables = syllabify("θύειν", lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"θυ-ειν"

syllables = syllabify("ποιησαίμην",lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ποι-η-σαι-μην"

syllables = syllabify("ποῖος", lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"ποι-ος"

syllables = syllabify("γνώμην", lg)
join(syllables, "-")

# output

"γνω-μην"