acclivis

Latin

Alternative forms

• acclīvus

Etymology

From ad- +‎ clīvus (“slope”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkliː.u̯is/, [äkˈklʲiːu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈkli.vis/, [äkˈkliːvis]

Adjective

acclīvis (neuter acclīve); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. rising, ascending
2. sloping (upward), uphill
3. steep (hill)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	acclīvis	acclīve		acclīvēs	acclīvia
genitive	acclīvis			acclīvium
dative	acclīvī			acclīvibus
accusative	acclīvem	acclīve		acclīvēs acclīvīs	acclīvia
ablative	acclīvī			acclīvibus
vocative	acclīvis	acclīve		acclīvēs	acclīvia

Descendants

• Italian: acclive
• Portuguese: aclive

References

• “acclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acclivis 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)