SLOPE Copy link • SLOPE 1. s. declivitas (downward): acclivitas (upward): proclivitas (a sloping position): locus declivis, acclivis, proclivis (a sloping place): ascensus (of ascent; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 1, 21). To go up a great slope, ascensu ingredi arduo: a hill with a gentle slope collis leniter editus or clementer assurgens; molle et clementer editum montis jugum: a town on the slope of a hill, urbs applicata colli. 2. v. Intransitively, declivem, devexum esse (Caes., Cic.): proclinari (Vitr.). Transitively, *declive reddere aliquid.