What does paenultimus mean in Latin?

paenultimus, a adjective, means “penultimate”.

How do you pronounce paenultimus?

In classical Latin, [pae̯ˈnʊɫ.tɪ.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [peˈnul.ti.mus].

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

paenultimus (feminine paenultima, neuter paenultimum)

Classical[pae̯ˈnʊɫ.tɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[peˈnul.ti.mus]

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	paenultimus	paenultima pēnultima	paenultimum pēnultimum
genitive	paenultimī pēnultimī	paenultimae pēnultimae	paenultimī pēnultimī
dative	paenultimō pēnultimō	paenultimae pēnultimae	paenultimō pēnultimō
accusative	paenultimum pēnultimum	paenultimam pēnultimam	paenultimum pēnultimum
ablative	paenultimō pēnultimō	paenultimā pēnultimā	paenultimō pēnultimō
vocative	paenultime pēnultime	paenultima pēnultima	paenultimum pēnultimum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	paenultimī pēnultimī	paenultimae pēnultimae	paenultima pēnultima
genitive	paenultimōrum pēnultimōrum	paenultimārum pēnultimārum	paenultimōrum pēnultimōrum
dative	paenultimīs pēnultimīs	paenultimīs pēnultimīs	paenultimīs pēnultimīs
accusative	paenultimōs pēnultimōs	paenultimās pēnultimās	paenultima pēnultima
ablative	paenultimīs pēnultimīs	paenultimīs pēnultimīs	paenultimīs pēnultimīs
vocative	paenultimī pēnultimī	paenultimae pēnultimae	paenultima pēnultima

paenultĭmus (pēn-), a, um, adj. paene-ultimus,

I. the last but one (post-class. for proximus a postremo, Cic. Or. 64, 217): paenultima meta November, Aus. Ecl. Quotae Cal. Sint Mens. 12.—

II. Subst.: pae-nultĭma, ae, f. (sc. syllaba), the penultimate syllable, the penult: paenultimam circumflectere, Gell. 4, 7, 2.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus From paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).

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