[en-klit-ik] 
| 1. | (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status. |
| 2. | an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.” |
| en·clit·ic (ěn-klĭt'ĭk) n.
[Late Latin encliticus, from Greek enklitikos, from enklīnein, to lean on : en-, on, in; see en-2 + klīnein, to lean; see klei- in Indo-European roots.] en·clit'i·cize' (-ə-sīz') v., en·clit'i·ci·za'tion (-ə-sĭ-zā'shən), en·clis'is (-klĭs'ĭs) n. |
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