paenultimus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pae̯ˈnul.ti.mus/, [päe̯ˈnʊɫ̪t̪ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈnul.ti.mus/, [peˈnul̪t̪imus]
Adjective
[edit]paenultimus (feminine paenultima, neuter paenultimum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | paenultimus | paenultima | paenultimum | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultima | |
| genitive | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultimī | paenultimōrum | paenultimārum | paenultimōrum | |
| dative | paenultimō | paenultimae | paenultimō | paenultimīs | |||
| accusative | paenultimum | paenultimam | paenultimum | paenultimōs | paenultimās | paenultima | |
| ablative | paenultimō | paenultimā | paenultimō | paenultimīs | |||
| vocative | paenultime | paenultima | paenultimum | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultima | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: penúltim
- English: penultimate
- French: pénultième
- Italian: penultimo
- Portuguese: penúltimo
- Romanian: penultim
- Spanish: penúltimo
References
[edit]- “paenultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paenultimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.