acclinis

Latin

Alternative forms

• adclīnis

Etymology

From acclīnō (“lean or rest against something; incline to something”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkliː.nis/, [äkˈklʲiːnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /akˈkli.nis/, [äkˈkliːnis]

Adjective

acclīnis (neuter acclīne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (usually with dative) leaning or resting on or against something, inclined to or toward, sloping
2. (figuratively) having an inclination to, disposed or inclined to

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	acclīnis	acclīne		acclīnēs	acclīnia
Genitive	acclīnis			acclīnium
Dative	acclīnī			acclīnibus
Accusative	acclīnem	acclīne		acclīnēs acclīnīs	acclīnia
Ablative	acclīnī			acclīnibus
Vocative	acclīnis	acclīne		acclīnēs	acclīnia

Synonyms

• (sloping): dēclīvis, dēiugis, dēvexus

Descendants

• Italian: accline

References

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