paenultima

Latin

Etymology

Substantive of paenultimus (“penultimate”), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯ˈnul.ti.ma/, [päe̯ˈnʊɫ̪t̪ɪmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈnul.ti.ma/, [peˈnul̪t̪imä]

Noun

paenultima f (genitive paenultimae); first declension

1. The penultimate syllable, penult.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	paenultima	paenultimae
genitive	paenultimae	paenultimārum
dative	paenultimae	paenultimīs
accusative	paenultimam	paenultimās
ablative	paenultimā	paenultimīs
vocative	paenultima	paenultimae

Related terms

• antepaenultimus
• paene
• paenīnsula
• paenultimus
• ulter
• ultimus

References

• “paenultima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press