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‖ penultima|pɪˈnʌltɪmə|
[Lat., properly pænultima, fem. of pænultimus penultimate (sc. syllaba or nota), f. pæne almost + ultimus last.]
The last syllable but one (of a word or verse). In quot. 1776, the last but one of a series of notes.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. iv. (Arb.) 85 The sharpe accent falles vpon the penultima or last saue one sillable of the verse. 1749Power Pros. Numbers 26 It is plain he read it thus ειµᾱρµένη̄ν, without any Regard to the Accent on the Penultima (µέ). 1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 9 Paranete Synemmenon, penultima of this tetrachord. |