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Latin
Etymology
From acclīnō (“lean or rest against something; incline to something”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
acclīnis (neuter acclīne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (usually with dative) leaning or resting on or against something, inclined to or toward, sloping
- (figuratively) having an inclination to, disposed or inclined to
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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References
- “acclinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “acclinis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acclinis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- acclinis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.