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clivus
clivus
English
Noun
clivus (plural clivi)
- (anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (Latin clīnō, English lean) + *-wós (Latin -vus).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkliː.wus/, [ˈkliː.wʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.vus/, [ˈkliː.vus]
Noun
clīvus m (genitive clīvī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clīvus | clīvī |
| genitive | clīvī | clīvōrum |
| dative | clīvō | clīvīs |
| accusative | clīvum | clīvōs |
| ablative | clīvō | clīvīs |
| vocative | clīve | clīvī |
Related terms
Derived terms
- clīvōsus
- clīvulus
Descendants
- English: clivus
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “clivus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.