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.
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.
SLOPE Copy link • SLOPE 1. s. declivitas (downward): acclivitas (upward): proclivitas (a sloping position): locus declivis, acclivis, proclivis (a sloping place): ascensus (of ascent; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 1, 21). To go up a great slope, ascensu ingredi arduo: a hill with a gentle slope collis leniter editus or clementer assurgens; molle et clementer editum montis jugum: a town on the slope of a hill, urbs applicata colli. 2. v. Intransitively, declivem, devexum esse (Caes., Cic.): proclinari (Vitr.). Transitively, *declive reddere aliquid.