declivis
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + clīvus (“slope”) + -is (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈkliː.wɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈkliː.vis]
Adjective
dēclīvis (neuter dēclīve, comparative dēclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective
- sloping or shelving (downwards)
- descending, downhill
- falling (stars)
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | dēclīvis | dēclīve | dēclīvēs | dēclīvia | |
| genitive | dēclīvis | dēclīvium | |||
| dative | dēclīvī | dēclīvibus | |||
| accusative | dēclīvem | dēclīve | dēclīvēs dēclīvīs |
dēclīvia | |
| ablative | dēclīvī | dēclīvibus | |||
| vocative | dēclīvis | dēclīve | dēclīvēs | dēclīvia | |
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References
- “declivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “declivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- declivis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
- a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)