proclivis

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Latin

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Etymology

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pro- +‎ clīvus +‎ -is

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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prōclīvis (neuter prōclīve, comparative prōclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. (sloping) downward; downhill
  2. prone (to)
  3. steep (hence unsafe)
  4. easy

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative prōclīvis prōclīve prōclīvēs prōclīvia
Genitive prōclīvis prōclīvium
Dative prōclīvī prōclīvibus
Accusative prōclīvem prōclīve prōclīvēs
prōclīvīs
prōclīvia
Ablative prōclīvī prōclīvibus
Vocative prōclīvis prōclīve prōclīvēs prōclīvia

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: procliu
  • English: proclive
  • Italian: proclive
  • Spanish: proclive

References

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  • proclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proclivis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proclivis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia
    • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)