acclivitas

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Latin

Etymology

From acclīvis (ascending) +‎ -tās, from ad + clīvus (slope).

Noun

acclīvitās f (genitive acclīvitātis); third declension

  1. slope, ascent
  2. steepness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acclīvitās acclīvitātēs
genitive acclīvitātis acclīvitātum
dative acclīvitātī acclīvitātibus
accusative acclīvitātem acclīvitātēs
ablative acclīvitāte acclīvitātibus
vocative acclīvitās acclīvitātēs

Descendants

  • English: acclivity
  • Portuguese: aclividade

References

  • acclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acclivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.