paenultimus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pae̯ˈnul.ti.mus/, [päe̯ˈnʊɫ̪t̪ɪmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈnul.ti.mus/, [peˈnul̪t̪imus]
Adjective edit
paenultimus (feminine paenultima, neuter paenultimum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | paenultimus | paenultima | paenultimum | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultima | |
| Genitive | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultimī | paenultimōrum | paenultimārum | paenultimōrum | |
| Dative | paenultimō | paenultimō | paenultimīs | ||||
| Accusative | paenultimum | paenultimam | paenultimum | paenultimōs | paenultimās | paenultima | |
| Ablative | paenultimō | paenultimā | paenultimō | paenultimīs | |||
| Vocative | paenultime | paenultima | paenultimum | paenultimī | paenultimae | paenultima | |
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
- Catalan: penúltim
- English: penultimate
- French: pénultième
- Italian: penultimo
- Portuguese: penúltimo
- Romanian: penultim
- Spanish: penúltimo
References edit
- “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.