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Definition of Penultima
1. Noun. The next to last syllable in a word.
Definition of Penultima
1. n. Same as Penult.
Definition of Penultima
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penultima
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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