declivis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈkliː.wis/, [deːˈkliː.wɪs]
Adjective
dēclīvis (neuter dēclīve, comparative dēclivior); third-declension two-termination adjective
- sloping or shelving (downwards)
- descending
- 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 | |
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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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