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enclitic
[ en-klit-ik ]
adjective
- (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
noun
- an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”
enclitic
/ ɪnˈklɪtɪk /
adjective
- denoting or relating to a monosyllabic word or form that is treated as a suffix of the preceding word, as Latin -que in populusque
- (in classical Greek) denoting or relating to a word that throws an accent back onto the preceding word
noun
- an enclitic word or linguistic form
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Derived Forms
- enˈclitically, adverb
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Other Words From
- en·cliti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enclitic1
C17: from Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos, from enklinein to cause to lean, from en- ² + klinein to lean
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