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Menander, Monostichoi, 204

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

prōclīvĭtas: ātis, f. proclivis.
I A steep descent, declivity (post-class.): parvulam proclivitatem digressus, Auct. B. Afr. 37.—
II A tendency, disposition, proneness, propensity, proclivity (class.): ad morbos proclivitas...proclivitas ad suum quodque genus, ad aegrotandum proclivitas. Sed haec in bonis rebus facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas, ut significet lapsionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27 and 28.