| 单词 | antepenult |
| 例句 | The accent of Hyperion is properly on the penult, which is long in quantity, but the English poets, with rare exceptions, have thrown it back upon the antepenult. Select Poems of Thomas Gray Footnote: The Indian names are usually pronounced exactly as spelled, with each syllable distinctly sounded, and the principal accent on the penult, as in Ah-wah´-nee, or the antepenult, as in Yo-sem´-i-te. Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions Unfortunately the music of the chorus was moulded on the Italian text, and each verse ended with the accent on the antepenult, which occurs frequently in German and Italian, but never in French. Musical Memories But if the syllable still remains short after the enclitic has been added, it is not accented unless the word originally took the accent on the antepenult. New Latin Grammar The accent must fall on the penult, if it was long, otherwise on the antepenult of the word. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature The accent of this word is on the antepenult; by poetic license, in four of the passages above quoted, it is placed on the penult. A Collection of College Words and Customs |
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