declivis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈkliː.u̯is/, [d̪eːˈklʲiːu̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkli.vis/, [d̪eˈkliːvis]
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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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 | |
Derived terms
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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, 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)
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