Paroxytone (παροξύτονος, paroxýtonos) is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the syllable before the last syllable, e.g, the English word potato. In the Italian language and Portuguese the majority of the words are like this. In medieval Latin lyric poetry, a paroxytonic line or half-line is o... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroxytone
Par·ox'y·tone noun [ Greek ..., adjective See Para- , and Oxytone .] (Gr. Gram.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/26