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en·clit·ic
I. \(ˈ)en|klid.]ik, inˈk-, -lit], ]ēk also (ˈ)eŋ|- or iŋˈ-\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos, from enklinein to cause to incline, pronounce as an enclitic, from en in + klinein to lean — more at in, lean
1. : leaning or dependent with reference to accent:
a. of a word or particle in Greek or Latin grammar : being without independent accent and being attached in pronunciation to a preceding word in which it may cause certain accentual changes (as Greek te in anthrōpoi te, Latin -ne in videsne)
b. of a word or particle in the grammar of languages other than Greek and Latin : treated in pronunciation as forming a part of the preceding word (as English thee in prithee and not in cannot) — compare proclitic
2. : inclined — used of the relation of the planes of the fetal head to those of the maternal pelvis; compare synclitic
II. noun
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: an enclitic word or particle |