clivus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin clīvus (“slope, hill”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editclivus (plural clivi)
- (anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
- (historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.
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editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *kleiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (Latin clīnō, English lean) + *-wós (Latin -vus).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkliː.u̯us/, [ˈklʲiːu̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.vus/, [ˈkliːvus]
Noun
editclīvus m (genitive clīvī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clīvus | clīvī |
Genitive | clīvī | clīvōrum |
Dative | clīvō | clīvīs |
Accusative | clīvum | clīvōs |
Ablative | clīvō | clīvīs |
Vocative | clīve | clīvī |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “clivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “declivity”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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