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
b.
(in classical Greek) relating to or denoting a word that throws its accent onto the following word
noun
2.
a proclitic word or form
Compare enclitic
Word origin
C19: from New Latin proclīticus, from Greek proklinein to lean forwards; formed on the model of enclitic
proclitic in American English
(proʊˈklɪtɪk)
adjective
1. Grammar
dependent on the following word for its stress
said as of a word that forms a phonetic unit with the following, stressed word (Ex.:for in “once and for all”), or of certain particles, as in classical Greek
noun
2.
any such word or particle
see also enclitic
Word origin
ModL procliticus < Gr proklinein, to lean forward < pro-, forward (see pro-1) + klinein, to lean1