declivitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From dēclīvis (“sloping downwards”) + -tās.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈkliː.u̯i.taːs/, [d̪eːˈklʲiːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈkli.vi.tas/, [d̪eˈkliːvit̪äs]
Noun edit
dēclīvitās f (genitive dēclīvitātis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēclīvitās | dēclīvitātēs |
| Genitive | dēclīvitātis | dēclīvitātum |
| Dative | dēclīvitātī | dēclīvitātibus |
| Accusative | dēclīvitātem | dēclīvitātēs |
| Ablative | dēclīvitāte | dēclīvitātibus |
| Vocative | dēclīvitās | dēclīvitātēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Catalan: declivitat
- English: declivity
- French: déclivité
- Italian: declività
- Portuguese: declividade
- Spanish: declividad
References edit
- “declivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “declivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- declivitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- declivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.