penultima
- a variation of penult.
Example Sentences
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And the penultima of this word has the acute accent, like that in the word αἰτία, as Philemon tells us; like these words, παιδία, ταινία, οἰκία.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
The penultima in English is short whether it was long or, as in 'dynamite' and 'malachite', short in Greek.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John
With no vowel before the penultima the long quality is, as usual, preserved, as in 'satiety'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John
The stress is on the antepenultima except when heavy consonants bring it on to the penultima, as in 'sepulcral', 'parental', 'triumphal'.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John
Whether the penultima has more than a secondary stress is a matter of dispute.
From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John
