declivis

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ clīvus (“slope”) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkliː.u̯is/, [d̪eːˈklʲiːu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈkli.vis/, [d̪eˈkliːvis]

Adjective

dēclīvis (neuter dēclīve, comparative dēclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. sloping or shelving (downwards)
2. descending, downhill
3. 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

Derived terms

• dēclīvirōstris
• indēclīvis

Related terms

• dēclīnō

Descendants

• English: declivous
• French: déclive

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)