declivibus
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);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →declive, declivis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slope, declivity; surface sloping downwards; [per decline => downwards];
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vacuas emisit in auras. inde petens rapidus ripis declivibus aequor Marsya nomen habet, Phrygiae liquidissimus amnis. Talibus extemplo..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dabant nutritaque populus unda sponte sua natas ripis declivibus umbras. accessi primumque pedis vestigia tinxi, poplite deinde tenus..."
