proclivis
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /proːˈkliː.u̯is/, [proːˈklʲiːu̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /proˈkli.vis/, [proˈkliːvis]
Adjective
prōclīvis (neuter prōclīve, comparative prōclīvior); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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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 |
References
- “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)
- to have a natural propensity to vice: natura proclivem esse ad vitia