# Accentuation: ádmonē OR admónē

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**Category:** Wheelock's Latin\
**Created:** [December 9, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/accentuation-admone-or-admone/10770 "2011-12-09T03:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaihare](https://www.textkit.com/user_avatar/www.textkit.com/jaihare/32/32_2.png) [@jaihare](https://www.textkit.com/u/jaihare)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/accentuation-admone-or-admone/10770/1 "2011-12-09T03:37:36Z")

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In Wheelock chapter 3, we find the following translation Latin-to-English exercise:

1. **Sēcrētē amīcōs admonē; laudā palam.**

I’m wondering about the accent on the word **admonē**. Should it be penultimate ( **admónē** ) or antepenultimate ( **ádmonē** )? Of course, the form of **monē** is penultimate, since it’s a two-syllable word. By the regular rules, I would expect it to be antepenultimate. Is there something special in the word because it has a prefix ( **ad-monēre** )?

Thanks!

Jason

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**Author:** ![Craig\_Thomas](https://www.textkit.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Craig\_Thomas](https://www.textkit.com/u/Craig_Thomas)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/accentuation-admone-or-admone/10770/2 "2011-12-09T05:36:40Z")

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It is accented on the antepenult; it doesn’t matter that _ad_ is a prefix.

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**Author:** ![jaihare](https://www.textkit.com/user_avatar/www.textkit.com/jaihare/32/32_2.png) [@jaihare](https://www.textkit.com/u/jaihare)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://www.textkit.com/t/accentuation-admone-or-admone/10770/3 "2011-12-09T05:43:32Z")

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> [@Craig\_Thomas](#):
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> It is accented on the antepenult; it doesn’t matter that _ad_ is a prefix.

**Grātiās tibi agō, Ō mī amīce.**

**Iāsōn** (accent corrected per other thread)