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Ancient Greek entries[edit]

Hi, thanks for adding several entries in Ancient Greek! Please be more careful with them, though.

  1. Instead of λιθουργός (using U+03CC GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH TONOS, i.e. the acute accent) you wrote "λιθουργὁς" (using U+1F41 GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH DASIA, i.e. the rough breathing); you also labeled it Greek rather than Ancient Greek (we use "Greek" to mean modern Greek).
  2. Instead of ὀνείρειος you wrote "ὀνεἱρειοϛ" again using the rough breathing instead of the acute accent, and also using U+03DB GREEK SMALL LETTER STIGMA instead of U+03C2 GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA.
  3. Instead of περικάκησις you wrote "περικἁκησις", again using the rough breathing instead of the acute accent, and you labeled it English rather than Ancient Greek.
  4. And instead of ὀρθοδίκαιος you wrote "ὀρθο-δíκαιος", using a hyphen that is not found in Ancient Greek texts (dictionaries sometimes use it just to show the parts of the compound, but we at Wiktionary don't do that) and using U+00ED LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE instead of U+03AF GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA WITH TONOS.

I know the letters can be hard to distinguish on a computer screen, but it is essential to use the right character in each word. If you're unsure, please ask don't hesitate to ask for help. —Mahāgaja · talk 10:18, 19 March 2022 (UTC)Reply