clivi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →clivus, cliva, clivum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
which forbid anything to be done (pl.); (having bad omens?);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →clivis, clivis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Arts
two musical notes second lower than first;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →clivis, clivis, clive:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
sloping, inclined; steep;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all) - Entry →clivus, clivi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
slope (sg.), incline; sloping ground; inclined passage/surface; (street name);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →clivum, clivi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
slope (pl.), incline; sloping ground; inclined passage/surface; (street name);
gen. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →clive, clivis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
slope, incline;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →clivos, clivi:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
slope (sg.), incline; sloping ground; inclined passage/surface; (street name);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...impio versu, Erret per urbem pontis exul et clivi, Interque raucos ultimus rogatores Oret caninas panis inprobi buccas..."- P
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...bovem; grande morae pretium ritus cognoscere, quamvis difficilis clivis huc via praebet iter. Stat vetus et densa praenubilus..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam pulsi hostes sunt, quia ab tergo erant clivi in quos post principia integris ordinibus tutus receptus fuit..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Capitolinae arcis fores. erant antiquitus porticus in latere clivi dextrae subeuntibus, in quarum tectum egressi saxis tegulisque Vitellianos..."
