Paenultima law

Noun

Definitions

1.NounThe rule of Classical Latin pronunciation which states that a word receives antepenultimate stress if its penult is a short or metrically light syllable, but receives penultimate stress if its penult is a long or metrically heavy syllable.

Synonyms

penultima law præantepenultima penultimate preantepenultima antepenultima pœnalty perispomenon pseudo-latinism pausa primary accent synaphea properispomenon

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