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The basic word is δωμάτιο (room), with one accent on μά: δω–μά–τι–ο.
When you add the enclitic pronoun μου (my) after a word that is stressed on the third syllable from the end (a proparoxytone like δωμάτιο), Greek spelling adds a second accent on the last syllable of the noun:
- το δωμάτιο → το δωμάτιό μου
So you see two written accents:
- one on μά, the original stress of the word
- one on ό, added because of the weak pronoun μου that follows
This is a spelling rule of Modern Greek with enclitic pronouns; the pronunciation does not have two strong separate stresses in normal speech, it just keeps the main stress where it was.