declivia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →declivis, declivis, declive:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sloping, descending, sloping downwards; shelving; tending down; falling (stars);
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →declive, declivis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slope, declivity; surface sloping downwards; [per decline => downwards];
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fontes et stagna inmensa lacusque fluminaque obliquis cinxit declivia ripis, quae, diversa locis, partim sorbentur ab ipsa..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fontes et stagna inmensa lacusque fluminaque obliquis cinxit declivia ripis, quae, diversa locis, partim sorbentur ab ipsa..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...sequi iusserat, ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, hostes proelium committunt. Vtrimque clamore sublato excipit..."
