παραλήγουσα

Ancient Greek

The noun is an ellipsis of ἡ πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ σῠλλᾰβή (hē părălḗgousă sŭllăbḗ, “the penultimate syllable”).

πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ • (părălḗgousă)

πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ • (părălḗgousă) f (genitive πᾰρᾰληγούσης); first declension

(grammar) penult, penultima (the penultimate syllable, or last syllable but one, of a word)
- 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 252
- 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 255.5

First declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ; τῆς πᾰρᾰληγούσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ hē părălḗgousă	τὼ πᾰρᾰληγούσᾱ tṑ părălēgoúsā	αἱ πᾰρᾰλήγουσαι hai părălḗgousai
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰληγούσης tês părălēgoúsēs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰληγούσαιν toîn părălēgoúsain	τῶν πᾰρᾰληγουσῶν tôn părălēgousôn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰληγούσῃ tēî părălēgoúsēi	τοῖν πᾰρᾰληγούσαιν toîn părălēgoúsain	ταῖς πᾰρᾰληγούσαις taîs părălēgoúsais
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰν tḕn părălḗgousăn	τὼ πᾰρᾰληγούσᾱ tṑ părălēgoúsā	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰληγούσᾱς tā̀s părălēgoúsās
Vocative	πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ părălḗgousă	πᾰρᾰληγούσᾱ părălēgoúsā	πᾰρᾰλήγουσαι părălḗgousai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ (părălḗgousă). By surface analysis, παρά (pará, “next”) +‎ λήγουσα (lígousa, “last syllable”).

παραλήγουσα • (paralígousa) f (plural παραλήγουσες)