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Long mark

Notation
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A diacritical symbol (¯) used in prosody to indicate a long vowel or syllable

Detailed Definition
A long mark (macron: ¯) is a diacritical symbol placed over vowels in classical prosody to denote syllabic length, distinguishing long from short syllables in quantitative meter; it is crucial for interpreting and composing verse in ancient Greek, Latin, and other non-stress-based poetic traditions.
Example
Example in poetry:
The symbol “ā” in Latin poetry to denote a long vowel; in Greek, “η” with a macron to indicate duration; used in metrical analysis of dactylic verse; seen in scholarly editions of Virgil with long marks over stressed syllables
Additional Notes
Long mark: Another term for the macron (¯), used in prosody to denote a long syllable in quantitative meter; see also duration indicator (10137) and vowel extension mark (10136).
Also Known As
Macron (¯) Duration diacritic Long syllable sign Quantitative notation mark Macron
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