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Latin
Etymology
From acclīvis (“ascending”) + -tās, from ad + clīvus (“slope”).
Noun
acclīvitās f (genitive acclīvitātis); third declension
- slope, ascent
- steepness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
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.