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Antepenultima   Listen
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Antepenultima, Antepenult  n.  (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.






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... been a keen controversy respecting the accentuation of [Greek: Theophoros]. Those who place the accent on the antepenult ([Greek: Theo'phoros]) give it the meaning mentioned in the test; whilst others, placing the accent on the penult ([Greek: Theopho'ros]), understand by it God-bearing, the explanation given in the "Acts of the Martyrdom of Ignatius." See Daille, "De Scriptis quae ...
— The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution • W.D. [William Dool] Killen



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