Word Study
proclitic
CIDE DICTIONARY
proclitic, a. [Gr. to lean forward; forward + to lean or incline. Cf. Enclitic.].
Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which are so closely attached to the following word as not to have a separate accent. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
proclitic, adj. & n. Gram.
--adj. (of a monosyllable) closely attached in pronunciation to a following word and having itself no accent.
--n. such a word, e.g. at in at home.
--adj. (of a monosyllable) closely attached in pronunciation to a following word and having itself no accent.
--n. such a word, e.g. at in at home.
Derivative
proclitically adv.
Etymology
mod.L procliticus f. Gk proklino lean forward, after LL encliticus: see ENCLITIC
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