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proclitic, a. and n. Gram.|prəʊˈklɪtɪk| [ad. mod.L. procliticus (Hermann, 1801), f. Gr. *προκλιτικός, f. προκλίνειν, f. πρό, pro-2 + κλίνειν (see procline v.), after Gr. ἐγκλιτικός enclitic. So F. proclitique.] A. adj. In Greek Gram., used of a monosyllabic word that is so closely attached in pronunciation to the following word as to have no accent of its own; hence, generally, used of a word in any language, which in pronunciation is attached to the following stressed word, as in an ˈounce, as ˈsoon, at ˈhome, for ˈnobody, to ˌcompreˈhend.
1846Key Lat. Gram. p. ix, The term proclitic is adopted from Hermann's treatise: ‘De emendanda ratione Graecae Grammaticae’. 1973A. H. Sommerstein Sound Pattern Anc. Greek ii. 11 Prepositions, being proclitic, are separated from the following word by a single {hash} boundary. B. n. A proclitic word. The proclitics in Greek are certain forms of the article, viz. ὁ, ἡ, οἱ, αἱ; and certain adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions, viz. ἐκ, ἐν, εἰς, εἰ, οὐ (οὐκ), ὡς.
1864in Webster. 1874Key Language v. 72, ἐκ and οὐκ are not in themselves words but always attached as proclitics to that which follows. 1893Sonnenschein in Class. Rev. Mar. 135/2 Why? {since} the preposition is a proclitic... Hence he finds himself compelled to say that mŏdo ĕ Dāuo is equivalent to a single word like rĕcŭbare. |