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.