Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third syllable from the end in a word, such as te in antepenult.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shortened and very common form of
antepenultima .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as
-syl- inmonosyllable .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The third-to-last
syllable of aword .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Etymologies
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Examples
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Words of more than two syllables are accented upon the penult (next to the last) if that is a long syllable, otherwise upon the antepenult (second from the last); as, amā´vī, amántis, míserum.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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But if the syllable still remains short after the enclitic has been added, it is not accented unless the word originally took the accent on the antepenult.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Somehow the noun rekhebh is usually a collective singular, whereas parashim (with long "a" in the antepenult) is not governed by such usage.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Unfortunately the music of the chorus was moulded on the Italian text, and each verse ended with the accent on the antepenult, which occurs frequently in German and Italian, but never in French.
Musical Memories Saint-Saens, Camille 1919
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The tone accent in Hebrew words is ordinarily on the last syllable; sometimes it falls on the penult, but never on the antepenult.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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If the penult is short, the antepenult is accented provided it be long: Sansthā́naka.
The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika Arthur William Ryder 1907
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If both penult and antepenult of a four-syllabled word are short, the pre-antepenultimate receives the accent: Mádanikā, Sthā́varaka.
The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika Arthur William Ryder 1907
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The accent must fall on the penult, if it was long, otherwise on the antepenult of the word.
The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892
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Italian text, and each verse ended with the accent on the antepenult, which occurs frequently in German and Italian, but never in French.
Musical Memories Camille Saint-Sa��ns 1878
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Words in ion have the accent upon the antepenult, as salvátion, perturbátion, concóction; words in atour or ator on the penult, as dedicátor.
A Grammar of the English Tongue Samuel Johnson 1746
alguien commented on the word antepenult
This word does not sound nearly as nice as antepenultimate.
March 27, 2007