acclivis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ad- +‎ clīvus (“slope”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

Adjective

acclīvis (neuter acclīve); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. rising, ascending
  2. sloping (upward), uphill
  3. steep (hill)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative acclīvis acclīve acclīvēs acclīvia
genitive acclīvis acclīvium
dative acclīvī acclīvibus
accusative acclīvem acclīve acclīvēs
acclīvīs 		acclīvia
ablative acclīvī acclīvibus
vocative acclīvis acclīve acclīvēs acclīvia

Descendants

  • Italian: acclive
  • Portuguese: aclive

References

  • “acclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “acclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acclivis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
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