inclination Copy link Outline I. The act of bending asideII. A slopeIII. Disposition of mind1. vŏluntas2. inclīnātio (leaning, bias, propensity)3. ănĭmus4. stŭdium (a strong or ruling tendency of mind) • inclination: I. The act of bending aside: inclīnātio: the i. of one side of a vessel, i. unius lateris, Plin. 8, 50, 77 § 208. Phr.: to make an i., inclinare: v. to bend. II. A slope: v. incline (subs.). III. Disposition of mind: 1. vŏluntas: to have i., not ability, v. non potestatem habere, Cic. Sext. 32, 69: v. will, wish. 2. inclīnātio (leaning, bias, propensity): cruelty is an i. of the mind towards severity, est crudelitas inc. animi ad asperiora, Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 3: Cic.: v. propensity. (But inclinatio must not be used of a mere disposition to do something.) 3. ănĭmus: esp. in certain phr., they were not lacking in i., non defuit iis animus (foll. by inf.), Suet. Cal. 56: to gratify one's i., animo morem gerere, Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 17: see also intention. 4. stŭdium (a strong or ruling tendency of mind): to follow one's own i.s, studiis obsequi suis, Nep. Att. 2: cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9.