"clivius" meaning in Latin

See clivius in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈkliː.wi.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkliː.vi.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *kliyos (“left”). De Van suggests that the term underwent a semantic shift from “sloped” to “awkward” before eventually coming to mean “ominous.” Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ḱley-||to lean}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”), {{cog|cel-pro|*kliyos||left}} Proto-Celtic *kliyos (“left”) Head templates: {{la-adj|clīvius}} clīvius (feminine clīvia, neuter clīvium); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|clīvius}} Forms: clīvius [canonical], clīvia [feminine], clīvium [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], clīvius [masculine, nominative, singular], clīvia [feminine, nominative, singular], clīvium [neuter, nominative, singular], clīviī [masculine, nominative, plural], clīviae [feminine, nominative, plural], clīvia [neuter, nominative, plural], clīviī [genitive, masculine, singular], clīviae [feminine, genitive, singular], clīviī [genitive, neuter, singular], clīviōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], clīviārum [feminine, genitive, plural], clīviōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], clīviō [dative, masculine, singular], clīviae [dative, feminine, singular], clīviō [dative, neuter, singular], clīviīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], clīvium [accusative, masculine, singular], clīviam [accusative, feminine, singular], clīvium [accusative, neuter, singular], clīviōs [accusative, masculine, plural], clīviās [accusative, feminine, plural], clīvia [accusative, neuter, plural], clīviō [ablative, masculine, singular], clīviā [ablative, feminine, singular], clīviō [ablative, neuter, singular], clīviīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], clīvie [masculine, singular, vocative], clīvia [feminine, singular, vocative], clīvium [neuter, singular, vocative], clīviī [masculine, plural, vocative], clīviae [feminine, plural, vocative], clīvia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. inauspicious, ominous Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Derived forms: clīvia avis, clīvia auspicia
    Sense id: en-clivius-la-adj-CbYDbgnw Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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