penultima

These words, as the reader will observe, are accented either on the first syllable or the penultima.

The Settlement at Port Jackson 2003

The accent placed on the penultima of [Greek: Theophoros], as the word is written in the saint's acts, denotes it of an active signification, _one that carrieth God_; but of the passive, _carried of God_, if placed on the antepenultima.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

That lake of Conterano -- the accent is on the ante-penultima -- it looked appetising on the map, all alone out there.

Alone Norman Douglas 1910

And although the letter omega might in such a word show the quantity, yet what do you say to such words as [Greek: lelonchasi, tupsasa], and the like -- the quantity of the penultima of which is not marked to the eye at all?

Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

A curious instance of the early confusion of accent and quantity may be seen in Prudentius, who shortens the penultima in _eremus_ and _idola_, from [Greek: ezaemos] and [Greek: eidola].

Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

If _ [Greek: ** anthropos] _ was to be pronounced in common conversation with a perceptible distinction of the length of the penultima as well as of the elevation of the antepenultima, why was not that long quantity also marked?

Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

These words, as the reader will observe, are accented either on the first syllable or the penultima.

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1796

I prefer Anther to Anthera, in Englifh, be - caufe we thus avoid any diffenfion between the learned and unlearned refpecting the pronun - ciation of the penultima, and the formation of the plural.

The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ... 1793

Scena ve - ro penultima oflendet, patrem ob hoc peccatum iratum eiFe; immo Clitiphoiiem flagitii hu« ius poenitebit.

Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex novissime recognitae cum selecta varietate lectionum et ... 1779

[Attici] omnes accufativos nomi - num in ils defincntiumj & conlbnanteni in penultima habentiiim, producunt.

Suidae Lexicon, Græce & Latine 1705