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proclivis
proclivis
Latin
Adjective
prōclīvis m, f (neuter prōclīve); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | prōclīvis | prōclīve | prōclīvēs | prōclīvia | |
| genitive | prōclīvis | prōclīvium | |||
| dative | prōclīvī | prōclīvibus | |||
| accusative | prōclīvem | prōclīve | prōclīvēs | prōclīvia | |
| ablative | prōclīvī | prōclīvibus | |||
| vocative | prōclīvis | prōclīve | prōclīvēs | prōclīvia | |
References
- proclivis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- proclivis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “proclivis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia
- to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
- to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia