παραλήγουσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lɛ̌ː.ɡuː.sa/ → /pa.raˈli.ɣu.sa/ → /pa.raˈli.ɣu.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lɛ̌ː.ɡuː.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈle̝.ɡu.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈli.ɣu.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈli.ɣu.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈli.ɣu.sa/

Participle

πᾰρᾰλήγουσᾰ • (părălḗgousă)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of πᾰρᾰλήγων (părălḗgōn)

Noun

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

1. (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

Declension

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 têi 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.

Descendants

• Greek: παραλήγουσα (paralígousa)

Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

παραλήγουσα • (paralígousa) f (plural παραλήγουσες)

1. (grammar, linguistics) penult (next to last syllable of a word)

Declension

Declension of παραλήγουσα

	singular	plural
nominative	παραλήγουσα (paralígousa)	παραλήγουσες (paralígouses)
genitive	παραλήγουσας (paralígousas)	παραληγουσών (paraligousón)
accusative	παραλήγουσα (paralígousa)	παραλήγουσες (paralígouses)
vocative	παραλήγουσα (paralígousa)	παραλήγουσες (paralígouses)

Derived terms

• προπαραλήγουσα f (proparalígousa, “antepenultimate syllable in word”)

See also

• συλλαβή f (syllaví, “syllable”)