precipice Copy link • precipice: locus praeceps: Liv. 21, 36. Phr.: the defile led through steep p.s on either side, praecipites deruptaeque angustiae erant, ib. c. 34. See also precipitous.
PRECIPICE Copy link • PRECIPICEdeclivis et praeceps locus; plur., derupta, praecipitia (sc. loca, plur.).