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|lshtext=<b>prōclīvis</b>: e ([[ante]]- and post-class. and [[poet]].; collat. form prōclīvus, a, um, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 27; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7; Cat. 64, 270; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 91), adj. [[proclivus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[sloping]], [[steep]], [[going]] downwards or downhill.<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.: [[solum]], Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7: per proclivem viam duci, Liv. 35, 30: omnia procliva sunt; [[facile]] descenditur, Sen. Apoc. 13.—Subst.: prō-clīve, is (or prōclīvum, i), n., a [[slope]], [[descent]], [[declivity]]: pelli per [[proclive]], downhill, downwards, Liv. 5, 43, 2: adjuvante proclivo impetum militum, Front. Strat. 2, 2, 2 (al. proclivio): in [[proclive]] detrudi, Auct. B. Alex. 76: per proclivia devolare, Col. 9, 5, 1.—Of persons, [[going]] downwards or downhill ([[poet]].), Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 178.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Downwards, descending, downhill, declining ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): proclivi cursu et facili delabi, Cic. Rep. 1, 28, 44: jam proclivi senectute, declining, [[drawing]] to a [[close]], App. Fl. 4, p. 361; cf.: [[Junius]] [[mensis]] est jam [[proclivus]] in Julium, Sen. Ep. 86, 16.—Absol.: proclivi currit [[oratio]], flows [[precipitately]], Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; v. Madv. ad h. l.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Inclined or disposed to a [[thing]], [[liable]], [[prone]], [[subject]]; [[ready]], [[willing]] (freq. and [[class]].; [[mostly]] in a [[bad]] [[sense]]; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27, s. v. [[proclivitas]]; syn. [[propensus]]); constr. [[usually]] ad aliquid, [[more]] [[rarely]] [[with]] dat. or [[circa]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ad: [[ingenium]] Hominum [[proclive]] ad lubidinem, Ter. And. 1, 1, 50: ad aliquem morbum proclivior, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: [[ergo]] et invidi et malevoli...[[quia]] proclives ad eas perturbationes, id. ib. 4, 12, 28: [[amicitia]] debet esse ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior, id. Lael. 18, 66.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With dat. ([[poet]].): sceleri [[proclivis]] [[egestas]], Sil. 13, 585.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[circa]] ([[post]]-Aug.): eritque judex [[circa]] modestiam juris probatione proclivior, Quint. 4, 5, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Steep, [[unsafe]], [[untrustworthy]]; and [[hence]], [[obscure]], [[unintelligible]]: fecisti [[modo]] mi ex proclivo [[planum]], [[you]] [[make]] it [[plain]], Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 28: faciam hanc rem planam ex proclivā [[tibi]], id. Rud. 4, 4, 90: nam [[iste]] [[proclive]]'st [[quod]] jubes me [[plane]] conlocare, id. As. 3, 3, 73.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., [[easy]] to be done: proclivia anteponuntur laboriosis, Cic. Top. 18, 69: [[illa]] facilia, proclivia, jucunda, id. Part. 27, 95: ut fingendi [[proclivis]] esset [[ratio]], id. Rep. 2, 10, 17: [[proclivus]] [[impetus]], Lucr. 6, 728: cum proclivior faciliorque jactus [[sit]] ex supernis in infima, Gell. 9, 1, 2: dictu [[quidem]] est [[proclive]], [[easy]] to be said, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69: [[quod]] est [[multo]] proclivius, [[much]] easier, id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.— Absol.: in proclivi, [[easy]]: tam hoc [[quidem]] [[tibi]] in proclivi, [[quam]] [[imber]] est, [[quando]] [[pluit]], as [[easy]], Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 86: id. faciam, in proclivi [[quod]] est, Ter. And. 4, 2, 18: [[alia]] omnia in proclivi erunt, [[will]] be [[easy]], Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 8; v. [[planum]].—Hence, adv., in [[two]] forms, prōclīvē and prō-clīvĭter (cf. Gell. 10, 24; Macr. S. 1, 4).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Downwards: [[proclive]] labuntur, [[rush]] downwards, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 42 Kühn. and Moser N. cr. (B. and K. proclivi); Lucr. 2, 455 Lachm.; cf. [[sublime]] ferri, under [[sublimis]].—Comp.: labi verba proclivius, i. e. [[more]] [[rapidly]], Cic. Or. 57, 191; cf.: [[quin]] proclivius hic iras decurrat ad acris, Lucr. 3, 311.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Easily: [[facile]] et [[procliviter]] persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.—Comp.: [[multo]] proclivius, Lucr. 2, 792.