proclive

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin proclivis (“sloping, inclined”).

Adjective

proclive (comparative more proclive, superlative most proclive)

1. Having a tendency by nature; prone; proclivous.
   • (Can we date this quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Eterne, intense, profuse,—still throwing up
     The golden spray of multitudinous worlds
     In measure to the proclive weight and rush
     Of His inner nature […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “proclive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin proclivis

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

1. (literary) prone

Derived terms

• proclività

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) prōclīve

1. nominative neuter singular of prōclīvis
2. accusative neuter singular of prōclīvis
3. vocative neuter singular of prōclīvis

References

• “proclive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proclive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin proclivis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈklibe/ [pɾoˈkli.β̞e]

Adjective

1. inclined, prone

Synonyms

• inclinado, predispuesto, propenso

Related terms

• proclividad

Further reading

• “proclive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014