clivus
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?);
nom. sg. (m.) - 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);
nom. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...circa ima labor est, ceterum quantum processeris, mollior clivus ac laetius solum. LXXIX. Et si haec quoque..." - T
Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...dolo non metu pedem rettulit. Lenis ab tergo clivus erat inter aciem et castra; et, quod multitudo suppeditabat..."
