sloping (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. dēclīvis, e (s. downwards)2. acclīvis, e (s. upwards)3. prōclīvis, e (= declivis)4. fastīgātus (rising evenly, like the roof of a house)5. prōnus • sloping (adj.): 1. dēclīvis, e (s. downwards): on s. and precipitous ground, in d. et praecipiti, Caes. B. G. 4, 33: Sall. 2. acclīvis, e (s. upwards): an approach (to a town) gently s. upwards, aditus leniter a., Caes. B. G. 2, 29: Cic.: Liv. 3. prōclīvis, e (= declivis): Liv. 4. fastīgātus (rising evenly, like the roof of a house): Liv. 44, 9 (fastigata, sicut tecta aedificiorum sunt, testudo). 5. prōnus: a city s. downwards to the marshes, urbs p. in paludes, Liv. 4, 59.
SLOPING Copy link • SLOPINGdeclivis: acclivis: proclivis (declivis, as seen from above; acclivis, from below; proclivis, sloping gradually and stretching out to some length). A hills, in front, collis frontem fastigatus (Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 2, 8).