Excerpt from First Latin Book II. The last syllable Of a word is called the ultima*; the next preceding, the penult the next before the penult, the antepenult.* In a word Of two syllables the accent falls on the first syllable. In a word Of more than two syllables the accent falls on the penult if it is long, otherwiseon the antepenult. Ultima means the last; pen is from pacue, almost; ante means before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.