English → Latin
“declivity” in Latin
dēclīvitāsa declivity; slope or descentacclīvitāsslope, ascent; steepnessprōclīvitāssteep descent; tendency, proneness, disposition, propensityacclīvisrising, ascending; sloping (upward), uphill; steep (hill)prōclīvisdownward; downhill; prone (to); steep (hence unsafe)ascendōto climb up, to go up, to move upwards; to rise, spring up
The English word declivity itself goes back to Latin dē, through declivitatem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
declivity
declivitas; acclivitas; proclivitas (sloping positions): locus declivis, acclivis, proclivis: ascensus (with reference to a person ascending it): a gentle declivity, collis leniter editus or clementer assurgens.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for declivity?
- The usual Latin words for “declivity” are dēclīvitās, acclīvitās, prōclīvitās; also acclīvis, prōclīvis, ascendō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.