enclitic

American  

[en-klit-ik] / ɛnˈklɪt ɪk /

adjective

1. (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.

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noun

1. an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”

enclitic British  

/ ɪnˈklɪtɪk /

adjective

1. 1. denoting or relating to a monosyllabic word or form that is treated as a suffix of the preceding word, as Latin -que in populusque

   2. (in classical Greek) denoting or relating to a word that throws an accent back onto the preceding word

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noun

1. an enclitic word or linguistic form

Other Word Forms

• enclitically adverb

Etymology

Origin of enclitic

1650–60; < Late Latin encliticus < Greek enklitikós, equivalent to en- en- ² + klít ( os ) slope + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

He settled Hoti's business�let it be!�Properly based Oun� Gave us the doctrine of the enclitic De .

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Artaxerxov told me to give the list of the enclitic particles.

From The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

The blemishes in The Grammarian's Funeral—hoti's business, the enclitic de—were stimulants; they heightened his effects.

From Emerson and Other Essays by Chapman, John Jay

“And yet,” which must be read, anyĕt, is an instance of the enclitic force in an accented monosyllable.

From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Hoti's business, properly based Oun," and who "gave us the doctrine of the enclitic De," was, to the poet, "Still loftier than the world suspects, Living and dying.

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir