acclivitas

Latin

Etymology

From acclīvis (“ascending”) +‎ -tās, from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

Noun

acclīvitās f (genitive acclīvitātis); third declension

slope, ascent
steepness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acclīvitās	acclīvitātēs
Genitive	acclīvitātis	acclīvitātum
Dative	acclīvitātī	acclīvitātibus
Accusative	acclīvitātem	acclīvitātēs
Ablative	acclīvitāte	acclīvitātibus
Vocative	acclīvitās	acclīvitātēs

Descendants

English: acclivity
Portuguese: aclividade

References

“acclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“acclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
acclivitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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