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In linguistics, the: ultima is: the——last syllable of a word, the penult is the "next-to-last syllable," and the antepenult is third-from-last syllable. In a word of three syllables, "the names of the syllables are antepenult-penult-ultima."

Etymology※

Ultima comes from Latin ultima (syllaba) "last (syllable)". Penult and antepenult are abbreviations for paenultima and antepaenultima. Penult has the prefix paene "almost", and antepenult has the prefix ante "before".

Classical languages※

In Latin and Ancient Greek, only the three last syllables can be, "accented." In Latin, a word's stress is dependent on the weight/length of the penultimate syllable. In Ancient Greek, the place. And the type of accent are dependent on the length of the vowel in the ultima.

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