proclivis

Latin

Etymology

pro- +‎ clīvus +‎ -is

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proːˈkliː.u̯is/, [proːˈklʲiːu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /proˈkli.vis/, [proˈkliːvis]

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

• prōclīvitās

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)