paenultimus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pēnultimus

Etymology

From paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯ˈnul.ti.mus/, [päe̯ˈnʊɫ̪t̪ɪmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈnul.ti.mus/, [peˈnul̪t̪imus]

Adjective

paenultimus (feminine paenultima, neuter paenultimum); first/second-declension adjective

1. penultimate

Declension

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

• antepaenultimus
• paenultima

 

Related terms

• paene
• paenīnsula
• ulter
• ultimus

 

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.