acclivitas

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From acclīvis (“ascending”) +‎ -tās, from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

Noun[edit]

acclīvitās f (genitive acclīvitātis); third declension

  1. slope, ascent
  2. steepness

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acclīvitās acclīvitātēs
Genitive acclīvitātis acclīvitātum
Dative acclīvitātī acclīvitātibus
Accusative acclīvitātem acclīvitātēs
Ablative acclīvitāte acclīvitātibus
Vocative acclīvitās acclīvitātēs

Descendants[edit]

  • English: acclivity
  • Portuguese: aclividade

References[edit]

  • “acclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “acclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acclivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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