paenultimus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pae̯ˈnʊɫ.tɪ.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈnul̪.t̪i.mus]
Adjective
paenultimus (feminine paenultima, neuter paenultimum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | paenultimus | paenultima | paenultimum | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultima | |
| genitive | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultimī | paenultimōrum | paenultimārum | paenultimōrum | |
| dative | paenultimō | paenultimae | paenultimō | paenultimīs | |||
| accusative | paenultimum | paenultimam | paenultimum | paenultimōs | paenultimās | paenultima | |
| ablative | paenultimō | paenultimā | paenultimō | paenultimīs | |||
| vocative | paenultime | paenultima | paenultimum | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultima | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: penúltim
- English: penultimate
- French: pénultième
- Italian: penultimo
- Portuguese: penúltimo
- Romanian: penultim
- Spanish: penúltimo
References
- “paenultimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paenultimus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.