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|lshtext=<b>clīvus</b>: i, m. (<[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: clīva, ōrum, n., [[Cato]] ap. Non. p. 195, 2; Front. Limit. p. 43 Goes. dub.) [[clino]] = [[κλίνω]]>, to [[incline]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[gently]] [[sloping]] [[height]], a [[declivity]], [[slope]], an [[ascent]], a [[hill]], [[eminence]], ascending [[road]] ([[class]].): quā se subducere colles Incipiunt, mollique jugum demittere clivo, Verg. E. 9, 8; cf. id. G. 3, 293; Ov. M. 11, 151; 8, 191; so Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 36; Caes. B. C. 3, 46; Liv. 21, 32, 8; Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 10 et saep.—As antithet. to a [[plain]], [[with]] the epithet [[arduus]], Ov. F. 1, 264: Clivus [[Capitolinus]], the [[higher]] [[road]] ascending to the [[Capitol]], a [[part]] of Sacra Via, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7; Liv. 3, 18, 7; Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 23; called Clivus Sacer, Hor. C. 4, 2, 35; and absol.: Clivus, Tac. H. 3, 71; Petr. 44, 18.— Prov., for a [[great]] [[difficulty]] to be [[overcome]]: clivo sudamus in imo, we are [[but]] commencing [[our]] [[labor]], Ov. H. 20, 41; cf. id. R. Am. 394; Petr. 47, 8; Sen. Ep. 31, 4; Sil. 4, 605. —Poet., for [[any]] [[thing]] [[sloping]], a [[slope]], [[unevenness]]: mensae, Ov. M. 8, 663.