- (of a word) closely connected in pronunciation with the preceding word and not having an independent accent or phonological status.
- an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”
- denoting or relating to a monosyllabic word or form that is treated as a suffix of the preceding word, as Latin -que in populusque
- (in classical Greek) denoting or relating to a word that throws an accent back onto the preceding word
- an enclitic word or linguistic form
