antepaenultimus

Latin

Alternative forms

• antepēnultimus

Etymology

From ante (“before”) + paenultimus (“penultimus”), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.te.pae̯ˈnul.ti.mus/, [än̪t̪ɛpäe̯ˈnʊɫ̪t̪ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.te.peˈnul.ti.mus/, [än̪t̪epeˈnul̪t̪imus]

Adjective

antepaenultimus (feminine antepaenultima, neuter antepaenultimum); first/second-declension adjective

1. antepenultimate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	antepaenultimus	antepaenultima	antepaenultimum		antepaenultimī	antepaenultimae	antepaenultima
Genitive	antepaenultimī	antepaenultimae	antepaenultimī		antepaenultimōrum	antepaenultimārum	antepaenultimōrum
Dative	antepaenultimō		antepaenultimō		antepaenultimīs
Accusative	antepaenultimum	antepaenultimam	antepaenultimum		antepaenultimōs	antepaenultimās	antepaenultima
Ablative	antepaenultimō	antepaenultimā	antepaenultimō		antepaenultimīs
Vocative	antepaenultime	antepaenultima	antepaenultimum		antepaenultimī	antepaenultimae	antepaenultima

Related terms

• paene
• paenīnsula
• paenultima
• paenultimus
• ulter
• ultimus

 

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.