proclivitas

Latin

Etymology

prōclīvis +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːˈkliː.wɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈkliː.vi.t̪as]

Noun

prōclīvitās f (genitive prōclīvitātis); third declension

steep descent
tendency, proneness, disposition, propensity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōclīvitās	prōclīvitātēs
genitive	prōclīvitātis	prōclīvitātum
dative	prōclīvitātī	prōclīvitātibus
accusative	prōclīvitātem	prōclīvitātēs
ablative	prōclīvitāte	prōclīvitātibus
vocative	prōclīvitās	prōclīvitātēs

Descendants

→ English: proclivity
→ French: proclivité (learned)
→ Italian: proclività (learned)
→ Spanish: proclividad (learned)

References

proclivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
proclivitas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
“proclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press