lene

/ˈliːn/
noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

2

A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau.

When in a crasis, a lene consonant […] is combined with an aspirated vowel, the lene is always changed (except in the Ionic dialect) into the corresponding aspirate […]

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