antepenultime

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1860; from the Latin antepaenultima (“antepenult”), a feminine substantive of antepaenultimus (“antepenultimate”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăn'tāpĭnûlʹtēm, IPA(key): /ˌænteɪpɪˈnʌltiːm/ === Noun === antepenultime sg Synonym of antepenult. 1860, I.J.G. Scheller [aut.] and George Walker [tr.], A Copious Latin Grammar (1825), in: Leonhard Tafel and Rudolph L. Tafel, Latin Pronunciation and the Latin Alphabet, page 142 In polysyllables the penultime is accented if the syllable be long, but in all other cases the accent is laid upon the antepenultime. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:antepenultime. (rare) Antepenultimate position. (rare) Any thing occurring as the antepenultimate item in a series. == Latin == === Adjective === antepēnultime vocative masculine singular of antepēnultimus