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proclitic
[ proh-klit-ik ]
adjective
- (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the following word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
noun
- a proclitic word.
proclitic
/ 辫谤蓹蕣藞办濒瑟迟瑟办 /
adjective
- relating to or denoting a monosyllabic word or form having no stress or accent and pronounced as a prefix of the following word, as in English 't for it in 'twas
- (in classical Greek) relating to or denoting a word that throws its accent onto the following word
noun
- a proclitic word or form
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of proclitic1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of proclitic1
Example Sentences
Orthoton膿鈥瞫is, accentuation of a proclitic or enclitic鈥攐pp. to Enclisis.
Proclitic, pr艒-klit鈥瞚k, adj. dependent in accent upon the following word.鈥攏. a monosyllabic word which depends so much on the following word as to lose its accent.
This contraction is employed only when the article is metrically placed as a proclitic before another word, and is thereby shorn of its separate pronunciation as follows: Th' ambitious bard a nobler theme essays.
If the epithet suffix is a monosyllable, the accent of the compounded word is on the last syllable; if not, the accent is usually on the last but one, but the intervening article or preposition is always a proclitic, and is disregarded as to accent.聽
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