enclitic
1enclitic — ENCLÍTIC, Ă, enclitici, ce, adj. (Despre cuvinte) Care este legat de un cuvânt precedent, făcând corp cu el şi fiind lipsit de accent propriu. ♢ Articol enclitic = articol hotărât care se aşează la sfârşitul unui cuvânt. – Din fr. enclitique, lat …
2Enclitic — En*clit ic ([e^]n*kl[i^]t [i^]k), Enclitical En*clit ic*al ([e^]n*kl[i^]t [i^]*kal), a. [L. encliticus, Gr. egkli tikos, fr. egkli nein to incline; en in + kli nein to bend. See {In}, and {Lean}, v. i.] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; said of a word… …
3Enclitic — En*clit ic, n. (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee). [1913 Webster] …
4enclitic — 1650s (adj.); 1660s (n.), from L.L. encliticus, from Gk. enklitikos throwing its accent back, lit. leaning on, from verbal adj. stem of enklinein to bend, lean on, from en (see EN (Cf. en ) (2)) + klinein to lean (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)) …
5enclitic — [en klit′ik] adj. [LL encliticus < Gr enklitikos < enklinein, to lean toward, incline < en , in + klinein, to LEAN1] Gram. dependent on the preceding word for its stress: said as of a word that has lost its stress in combination (Ex.:… …
6enclitic — noun Etymology: Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos, from enklinesthai to lean on, from en + klinein to lean more at lean Date: circa 1663 a clitic that is associated with a preceding word • enclitic adjective …
7enclitic — enclitically, adv. /en klit ik/, adj. 1. (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status. n. 2. an enclitic word, as Latin que and in arma virumque, arms and the… …
8enclitic — en•clit•ic [[t]ɛnˈklɪt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) gram. (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status 2) gram. an enclitic word, as the form of are in we re[/ex] •… …
9enclitic — /ɛnˈklɪtɪk/ (say en klitik) adjective 1. (of a word) so closely connected with a preceding word as to have no independent accent. –noun 2. an enclitic word, as que (and) in Latin: arma virumque, arms and the man. {Late Latin encliticus, from… …
10enclitic — a. dependent, especially of word or particle attached to preceding word in pronunciation; n. such word or particle. ♦ enclisis, n. pronunciation of enclitic word …