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..."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..."Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam pulsi hostes sunt, quia ab tergo erant clivi in quos post principia integris ordinibus tutus receptus fuit..."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..."
