clivius
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *kliyos (“left”). De Van suggests that the term underwent a semantic shift from “sloped” to “awkward” before eventually coming to mean “ominous.”
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkliː.wi.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkliː.vi.us]
Adjective
clīvius (feminine clīvia, neuter clīvium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | clīvius | clīvia | clīvium | clīviī | clīviae | clīvia | |
| genitive | clīviī | clīviae | clīviī | clīviōrum | clīviārum | clīviōrum | |
| dative | clīviō | clīviae | clīviō | clīviīs | |||
| accusative | clīvium | clīviam | clīvium | clīviōs | clīviās | clīvia | |
| ablative | clīviō | clīviā | clīviō | clīviīs | |||
| vocative | clīvie | clīvia | clīvium | clīviī | clīviae | clīvia | |
Derived terms
- clīvia avis
- clīvia auspicia
References
- “clivius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avis clivia avis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122