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Meaning of PROCLITIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro*clit"ic\, a. [Gr. ? to lean forward; ? forward +
? to lean or incline. Cf. {Enclitic}.] (Gr. Gram.)
Leaning forward; -- said of certain monosyllabic words which
are so closely attached to the following word as not to have
a separate accent.
 
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