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Latin
Etymology
pro- + clīvus + -is
Pronunciation
Adjective
prōclīvis (neuter prōclīve, comparative prōclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (sloping) downward; downhill
- prone (to)
- steep (hence unsafe)
- easy
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “proclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “proclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proclivis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia
- to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)