slope (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dēmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (with pron. refl., to sink towards the plain)2. prōclīnor, 13. vergo, 3 (to lie towards, to incline)4. expr. by adj. • slope (v.): 1. dēmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (with pron. refl., to sink towards the plain): Virg.: v. preced. art. init. 2. prōclīnor, 1: (the farther side of the Apennines) which s.s towards the Adriatic, quae est proclinata ad superum mare, Vitr. 2, 10, init.: Col. 3. vergo, 3 (to lie towards, to incline): Vitr. l. c. (where vergit = proclinata est): so Caes. B. G. 2, 18, collis ad flumen Sabin vergebat. 4. expr. by adj.: the hill s. towards ..., collis declivis (proclivis, fastigatus) est ad ...: v. sloping.