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declivis
declivis
Latin
Adjective
dēclīvis m, f (neuter dēclīve); third declension
- sloping or shelving (downwards)
- descending
- falling (stars)
Declension
Third declension.
| 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 | dēclīvia | |
| ablative | dēclīvī | dēclīvibus | |||
| vocative | dēclīvis | dēclīve | dēclīvēs | dēclīvia | |
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References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “declivis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)
- a gentle ascent: collis leniter ab infimo acclivis (opp. leniter a summo declivis)