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.
INCLINATION Copy link • INCLINATION(1) As an action, an inclining, inclinatio. An inclination of the head, inclinatio capitis. (2) As a state. (A) PROPR., direction downward, fastigium (slope, descent): proclivitas: declivitas: acclivitas (steepness; the two first considered from above, the last from below): ☞ inclinatio is nowhere used in this signification): the inclination of the magnetic needle, *fastigium acūs nauticae. (B) figuratively. A propension toward an object, inclinatio animi or voluntatis: to anything, ad aliquid (the inclination of the mind or will to anything. ☞ In classical prose never without the addition animi or voluntatis): proclivitas ad aliquid (censurable propensity to anything): studium; to anything or person, alicujus rei or alicujus (liking which impels one to pursue an object, or show favor to a person): voluntas ingenii (the direction of the mind to a particular object): propensa in aliquem voluntas: propensum in aliquem studium (a favorable disposition toward anybody): amor (love), toward anybody, in or erga aliquem (☞ in this sense affectio, which in the golden period is only = a state or condition of mind, is quite unclassical): inclination to sensuality, libido, libidines: inclination to anger, iracundia: ad iram proclivitas: from inclination, (suā) voluntate (opposed to vi coactus); de suā voluntate (e.g., from favorable inclination to anybody); studio (e.g., accusare); propenso animo (e.g., aliquid facere); ex animo (with desire and affection): to have an inclination to anything, inclinatum, proclivem, pronum esse ad aliquid [Vid: INCLINED]; alicui rei studere; alicujus rei esse studiosum; alicujus rei studio teneri: to feel a strong inclination toward anything, studio alicujus rei ardere or incensum esse: to feel no inclination to anything, ab aliqua re alienum esse, or (with the secondary idea of aversion) abhorrere; Vid: “to be INCLINED to anybody”: to follow one’s inclinations, animi impetum sequi (to yield to one’s desires and passions): studiis suis obsequi (to that to which one’s own impulse draws him).