proclivis

Latin

Etymology

pro- +‎ clīvus +‎ -is

Pronunciation

Adjective

prōclīvis (neuter prōclīve, comparative prōclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (sloping) downward; downhill
  2. prone (to)
  3. steep (hence unsafe)
  4. easy

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative prōclīvis prōclīve prōclīvēs prōclīvia
genitive prōclīvis prōclīvium
dative prōclīvī prōclīvibus
accusative prōclīvem prōclīve prōclīvēs
prōclīvīs 		prōclīvia
ablative prōclīvī prōclīvibus
vocative prōclīvis prōclīve prōclīvēs prōclīvia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: procliu
  • → English: proclive
  • → Italian: proclive
  • → Spanish: proclive

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[1], 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)
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