Latin

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Etymology

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From dē- +‎ clīvus (slope) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dēclīvis (neuter dēclīve, comparative dēclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. sloping or shelving (downwards)
  2. descending, downhill
  3. falling (stars)

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēclīvis dēclīve dēclīvēs dēclīvia
Genitive dēclīvis dēclīvium
Dative dēclīvī dēclīvibus
Accusative dēclīvem dēclīve dēclīvēs
dēclīvīs
dēclīvia
Ablative dēclīvī dēclīvibus
Vocative dēclīvis dēclīve dēclīvēs dēclīvia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: declivous
  • French: déclive

References

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  • declivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • declivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • declivis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)