enclitic

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But if the syllable still remains short after the enclitic has been added, it is not accented unless the word originally took the accent on the antepenult.

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  1. noun A clitic that is attached to the end of another word. In Give 'em the works, the pronoun 'em is an enclitic.
  2. noun A clitic.
  3. adjective Of or relating to an enclitic or enclisis; forming an accentual unit with the preceding word.

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  • The next episode of Lost is called Namaste namaste is a greeting, from Sanskrit namas "bow, obeisance" plus te, a dative second person singular enclitic (cognate with thee).
  • Cf. properat ADVERB iam», already, now que», conjunction, and_; an enclitic (cf. §16) and always added to the second of two words to be connected, as «arma tēla´que arms and weapons 100.» Of the various relations denoted by the ablative case (§50) there is none more important than that expressed in English by the preposition with_. —  Latin for Beginners
  • When the enclitics -que, -ne, -ve, -ce, -met, -dum are appended to words, if the syllable preceding the enclitic is long (either originally or as a result of adding the enclitic) it is accented; as, miserō´que, hominísque. —  New Latin Grammar
  • But if the syllable still remains short after the enclitic has been added, it is not accented unless the word originally took the accent on the antepenult. —  New Latin Grammar
  • The enclitic -pte may be joined to the Ablative Singular of the Possessive Pronouns for the purpose of emphasis. —  New Latin Grammar
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  1. 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.

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  1. = French enclitique; from Late Latin encliticus, from Greek ἐγκλιτικός, enclitic, literally leaning on, from ἐγκλίνειν (= Latin inclinare, later English incline), lean toward, incline, from ἐν, in, + κλίνειν = English lean: see lean, and cf. cline, incline.
 

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