paenultima law
Definitions
The 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.
singular, singular-only
Examples
“He calls attention to the large number⟳ of words found over and over again with a metrical accent which does not follow⟳ the ‘paenultima law’, but falls on the last⟳ syllable…or even on the fourth syllable from the end⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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