clivus
English
Etymology
From Latin clīvus (“slope, hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklaɪvəs/
- Hyphenation: cli‧vus
Noun
clivus (plural clivi)
- (anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
- (historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (Latin clīnō, English lean) + *-wós (Latin -vus).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkliː.wus/, [ˈkliː.wʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.vus/, [ˈkliː.vus]
Noun
clīvus m (genitive clīvī); second declension
- A slope, hill, rise
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clīvus | clīvī |
| Genitive | clīvī | clīvōrum |
| Dative | clīvō | clīvīs |
| Accusative | clīvum | clīvōs |
| Ablative | clīvō | clīvīs |
| Vocative | clīve | clīvī |
Derived terms
- clīvōsus
- clīvulus
Related terms
- clīnātus
- clīnō
Descendants
- English: clivus
References
- clivus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clivus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “declivity” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.