adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
acclīvis
acclīvis (neuter acclīve)
Classical[akˈkliː.wɪs]Ecclesiastical[akˈkliː.vis]
Meaning
- two terminationrising, ascending
- two terminationsloping (upward), uphill
- two terminationsteep (hill)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī sursum it, ut via collisadclīvis -e — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5
sloping upward
acclīvis -e — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | acclīvis adclīvis | acclīvis acclīva, adclīvis | acclīve acclīvum, adclīve |
| genitive | acclīvis adclīvis | acclīvis acclīvae, adclīvis | acclīvis adclīvis |
| dative | acclīvī acclīvō, adclīvī | acclīvī acclīvae, adclīvī | acclīvī acclīvō, adclīvī |
| accusative | acclīvem acclīvum, adclīvem | acclīvem acclīvam, adclīvem | acclīve acclīvum, adclīve |
| ablative | acclīvī acclīvō, adclīvī | acclīvī acclīvā, adclīvī | acclīvī acclīvō, adclīvī |
| vocative | acclīvis adclīvis | acclīvis acclīva, adclīvis | acclīve acclīvum, adclīve |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | acclīvēs adclīvēs | acclīvēs acclīvae, adclīvēs | acclīvia acclīva, adclīvia |
| genitive | acclīvium acclīvōrum, adclīvium | acclīvium acclīvārum, adclīvium | acclīvium acclīvōrum, adclīvium |
| dative | acclīvibus adclīvibus | acclīvibus adclīvibus | acclīvibus adclīvibus |
| accusative | acclīvīs acclīvēs, acclīvōs, adclīvēs, adclīvīs | acclīvīs acclīvēs, acclīvās, adclīvēs, adclīvīs | acclīvia acclīva, adclīvia |
| ablative | acclīvibus adclīvibus | acclīvibus adclīvibus | acclīvibus adclīvibus |
| vocative | acclīvēs adclīvēs | acclīvēs acclīvae, adclīvēs | acclīvia acclīva, adclīvia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
- a gentle ascent.
ac-clīvis, e, also (but much less freq.) -vus, a, um, adj. ad + clivus,
I. up hill, mounting upwards, ascending, steep: stadium, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 11:
ea viae pars valde acclivis est, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4; so, leniter acclivis aditus, Caes. B. G. 2, 29 al.: acclivus, Ov. M. 2, 19.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
acclīvis (ad-c-) e (once acclīvus, O.), adj.
CLI-, up-hill, ascending, steep: leniter adclivis aditus, Cs.: trames, O.: tumulis adclive solum, sloping in knolls, V.
Origins
From ad- + clīvus (“slope”) + -is.
Descendants
- Italianacclive
- Portugueseaclive
In English words that came into English from acclīvis
- acclivityacclīvitās
- acclivousacclīvis