It comes up when studying ancient greek, if I remember right it is used to describe which syllable gets the accent (ultimate, penultimate, or antepenultimate).

It comes up when studying ancient greek, if I remember right it is used to describe which syllable gets the accent (ultimate, penultimate, or antepenultimate). I also recall a shareware Ultima clone for the Amiga back in late 80's or early 90's called "penultima", but I think it's been lost to the sands of time.