Definition of Penultima

1. Noun. The next to last syllable in a word.

Exact synonyms: Penult, Penultimate
Generic synonyms: Syllable

Definition of Penultima

1. n. Same as Penult.

Definition of Penultima

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Penultima

pentylenetetrazol
pentylenetetrazole
pentylic
pentyls
pentyne
pentynes
penuche
penuches
penuchi
penuchis
penuchle
penuchles
penuckle
penuckles
penult
penultima
penultima law
penultimas
penultimate
penultimately
penultimates
penults
penumbra
penumbrae
penumbral
penumbras
penumbrous
penup
penups
penuries

Literary usage of Penultima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Grecian Drama: A Treatise on the Dramatic Literature of the Greeks by John Richard Darley, Aristotle (1840)
"In tho Attic reduplication the penultima is short, as, ?>p<!>p\i\H. Tho doubtful vowels before m are ... 17- Penultima of nouns and adjectives increasing in ..."

2. A Grammar of the French Tongue: With a Preface, Containing an Essay on the by Louis Chambaud (1812)
"Except égare, mare, fanfare, pure, répare, compare, and derivatives égarer, ifC. N. 3. These words are not excepted, because the a of the Penultima is short ..."

3. The French Verb Newly Treated: An Easy, Uniform, and Synthetic Method of Its by Amédée Esclangon (1895)
"... e mute in the syllable penultima of the stem. to supply Verbs ending in the Infinitive with an e mute in the syllable penultima of the stem, ..."

4. A Copious Latin Grammar by Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller, George Walker (1825)
"Greek words in ne, not patronymics, have their penultima short; ... Words in umen have the penultima either short, as columen, or long, as legumen, alumen. ..."

5. A Copious Latin Grammar by Immanuel Johann Gerhard Scheller, George Walker (1838)
"Greek words in ne, not patronymics, have their penultima short; ... Words in umen have the penultima either short, as columen, or long, as legumen, alumen. ..."

6. Etymotonia; containing principles of classical accentuation, and intended as by Æneas McIntyre, Aeneas McIntyre (1836)
"... 7 would not separate from the general analogy, although some persons accent the penultima. ANALOGICAL ARRANGEMENT. PART I. Penultima long. UB. ..."

7. A New Portuguese Grammar in Four Parts, by Anthony Vieyra Transtagano, John Nourse (1768)
"Words ending in oxo, oxa, are long in the penultima; as, ... NB When the penultima is immediately followed by another vowel, you muft make the following ..."

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