clivus

English

Etymology

From Latin clīvus (“slope, hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪvəs/
• Hyphenation: cli‧vus

Noun

clivus (plural clivi)

1. (anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
2. (historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.

Derived terms

• clival

Related terms

• client
• climate
• climax
• clinic
• clinoid
• decline
• incline
• recline

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kleiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (Latin clīnō, English lean) + *-wós (Latin -vus).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkliː.u̯us/, [ˈklʲiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.vus/, [ˈkliːvus]

Noun

clīvus m (genitive clīvī); second declension

1. a slope, hill, rise

Declension

Second-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

• acclīvis
• clīvōsus
• clīvulus

Related terms

• clīnātus
• clīnō

Descendants

• English: clivus
• Italian: clivo

References

• “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.