slope (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. clīvus2. dēclīvĭtas, acclīvĭtas3. fastīgium (usu. of a steep incline, like the roof of a house)4. prōclīve, is (after a prep.) • slope (subs.): 1. clīvus: to sink with a gentle s., molli (se) demittere c., Virg. E. 9, 8: the s. of the Capitol, c. Capitolinus, Cic. Att. 2, 1. 2. dēclīvĭtas, acclīvĭtas: v. declivity, incline. 3. fastīgium (usu. of a steep incline, like the roof of a house): with a rather less steep s., paulo leniore f., Caes. B. C. 2, 24: of the s. of the sides of a trench, id. B. G. 7, 73. 4. prōclīve, is (after a prep.): to be driven down the s. (down hill), per p. pelli, Liv.: Auct. B. Alex. Phr.: a hill rising with a gentle s., clementer et molliter assurgens collis, Col. 2, 2, init.: Tac.: on the s., in prono, Liv. 21, 36, med.