steep (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. arduus2. praeruptus3. praeceps, cĭpĭtis4. dēruptus5. praecisus6. rectus7. adrectus • steep (adj.): 1. arduus: a s. ascent, a. ascensus, Caes. B. G. 2, 33. 2. praeruptus: a s. and rugged hill, p. atque asperum jugum, id. B. C. 2, 24. 3. praeceps, cĭpĭtis: a s. road, p. via, Cic. Fl. 42, 105. Join: declivis et praeceps (sc. locus), Caes. B. G. 4, 33. 4. dēruptus: s. banks, d. ripae, Liv. 37, 39. Join: arduus et deruptus (sc. collis), Tac. A. 2, 80. 5. praecisus: a s. path, p. iter, Sall. J. 92. 6. rectus: s. rocks, recta saxa, Liv. 21, 36. 7. adrectus: the greater part of the Alps were steeper, pleraque Alpium adrectiora erant, ib. 35.