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ἵνα οὖν μηδ' ἐν τούτῳ δῷ αὐτοῖς λαβήν (Photius, Fragments on the Epistle to the Romans 483.26) → so that he doesn't give them even here a handle (= an opportunity for refutation)
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
paenultĭmus: (pēn-), a, um, adj. paene-ultimus,
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.