antepaenultimus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ante (“before”) + paenultimus (“penultimus”), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛ.pae̯ˈnʊɫ.tɪ.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an̪.t̪e.peˈnul̪.t̪i.mus]
Adjective
antepaenultimus (feminine antepaenultima, neuter antepaenultimum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: antepenúltim
- French: antépénultième
- Italian: antipenultimo
- Portuguese: antepenúltimo
- Romanian: antepenultim
- Spanish: antepenúltimo
References
- “antepaenultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- antepaenultimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.