Definition of Heteraclitic
{ Het`er*o*clit"ic (?), Het`er*o*clit"ic*al (?),
} a. [See Heteroclite.] Deviating from
ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Grammar) In linguistics, particularly Proto-Indo-European studies: Signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case. Examples of heteroclitic noun stems in Proto-Indo-European include *wodr- "water" (nominoaccusative *wódr; genitive *wednós; locative *wedén) and *yêkwr- "liver" (nominoaccusative *yêkwr, genitive *yekwnós). In Proto-Indo-European, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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