acclivitas

Latin

Etymology

From acclīvis (“ascending”) +‎ -tās, from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

Noun

acclīvitās f (genitive acclīvitātis); third declension

slope, ascent
steepness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	acclīvitās	acclīvitātēs
genitive	acclīvitātis	acclīvitātum
dative	acclīvitātī	acclīvitātibus
accusative	acclīvitātem	acclīvitātēs
ablative	acclīvitāte	acclīvitātibus
vocative	acclīvitās	acclīvitātēs

Descendants

English: acclivity
Portuguese: aclividade

References

acclivitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
acclivitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
acclivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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