paenultima law (English, noun)
expansion: paenultima law (singulare tantum)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: singular
singular-only
Forms:
form: Paenultima law
tags: alternative
form: Paenultima Law
tags: alternative
form: penultima law
tags: alternative
form: Penultima law
tags: alternative
form: Penultima Law
tags: alternative