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

When is a latin word accented on the last syllable