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‖ antepenultima Pros.|ˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmə|
[L. (syllaba) antepænultima the last (syllable) but two, f. ante before + pænultima last but one, f. pæne almost + ultima last. Formerly with Eng. pl. in -s.]
The last syllable but two of a word.
1581Sidney Def. Poesie (1622) 529 The French..hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable sauing two, called Antepenultima. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 92 In altitude and heauinesse the sharpe accent falles vpon al and he which be the antepenultimaes. 1874Sayce Comp. Philol. i. 19 The general rule [of æolic dialect] which threw the accent back upon the antepenultima. |