declivia et devexa

dēvexus, a, um, adj. [deveho], of places, inclining downwards, sloping, shelving, steep (class.—for syn. v. declivis).

Lit.:

lucus Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 45; cf. Liv. 44, 35:

mundus in Austros,

Verg. G. 1, 241; and:

devexus in planum,

Plin. Pan. 7, 1, 1: ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

arva,

Ov. M. 8, 330:

margo (lacus),

id. ib. 9, 334 (with acclivus):

Orion,

i. e. towards his setting, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 21; cf.: sol paulum a meridie, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4;

and dies devexior,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 57:

globus devexior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 593.—Hence, subst.: dēvexum, i, n., an inclined surface, a slope:

aqua in devexo fluit, in plano continetur et stagnat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—

Transf., inclining, declining:

aetas jam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

aetas,

Sen. Ep. 12:

devexa et molliter desinens compositio,

id. ib. 114, 15.— Absol.:

per devexum ire,

i. e. easily, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25 fin.

dēvexus, a, um, adj. [deveho], of places, inclining downwards, sloping, shelving, steep (class.—for syn. v. declivis).

Lit.:

lucus Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est,

Cic. Div. 1, 45; cf. Liv. 44, 35:

mundus in Austros,

Verg. G. 1, 241; and:

devexus in planum,

Plin. Pan. 7, 1, 1: ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

arva,

Ov. M. 8, 330:

margo (lacus),

id. ib. 9, 334 (with acclivus):

Orion,

i. e. towards his setting, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 21; cf.: sol paulum a meridie, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4;

and dies devexior,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 57:

globus devexior,

Mart. Cap. 6, § 593.—Hence, subst.: dēvexum, i, n., an inclined surface, a slope:

aqua in devexo fluit, in plano continetur et stagnat,

Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—

Transf., inclining, declining:

aetas jam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium,

Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:

aetas,

Sen. Ep. 12:

devexa et molliter desinens compositio,

id. ib. 114, 15.— Absol.:

per devexum ire,

i. e. easily, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25 fin.

dē-clīvis, e ( nom. n. declivum, Cassiod. in Psal. 16, 5; neutr. plur. once heterocl. decliva, Ov. M. 2, 206;

also declivia,

id. ib. 1, 39 et saep.; cf. acclivis and aplustre), adj. [clivus], inclining downwards, sloping (for syn. cf.: devexus, praeruptas, abruptus, abscisus, proclivis, acclivis, propensus, praeceps, pronus.—Class. and freq., esp. in histt. and poets; perh. not in Cic. and Verg.).

Prop.:

collis ab summo aequaliter declivis ad flumen Sabim,

sloping regularly, Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

in declivi et praecipiti loco,

id. ib. 4, 33, 3: iniquo [p. 522] loco et leviter declivi, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; cf.:

locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

id. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

locus, also vallis, and opp. mons,

id. ib. 1, 79, 2:

latitudo, quem locum Catabathmon incolae appellant,

Sall. J. 17, 4:

Olympi,

Ov. M. 6, 487:

arvum Aesulae,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 7:

ripa,

Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 5, 591; 6, 399:

flumina,

id. ib. 1, 39; cf.:

cursus (amnium),

Luc. 4, 114:

via,

Ov. M. 4, 432; 7, 410 et saep.:

sol in occasum,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203. —

Subst.: declive, is, n., a declivity:

ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

si per declive sese reciperent,

id. B. C. 3, 51, 6; cf.:

erat per declive receptus,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Ov. M. 2, 206.—

Trop.:

labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

id. ib. 15, 227; cf.:

mulier aetate declivis,

in the decline of life, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8; Arn. 2, p. 74:

animae in vitia,

prone, Arn. 2, 45.— Comp. perh. only:

dies ad occasum declivior,

Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dēclīvĭter, in a sloping manner, only in Comp.:

declivius: incumbens rupes,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 9.

dē-clīvis, e ( nom. n. declivum, Cassiod. in Psal. 16, 5; neutr. plur. once heterocl. decliva, Ov. M. 2, 206;

also declivia,

id. ib. 1, 39 et saep.; cf. acclivis and aplustre), adj. [clivus], inclining downwards, sloping (for syn. cf.: devexus, praeruptas, abruptus, abscisus, proclivis, acclivis, propensus, praeceps, pronus.—Class. and freq., esp. in histt. and poets; perh. not in Cic. and Verg.).

Prop.:

collis ab summo aequaliter declivis ad flumen Sabim,

sloping regularly, Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

in declivi et praecipiti loco,

id. ib. 4, 33, 3: iniquo [p. 522] loco et leviter declivi, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; cf.:

locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

id. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

locus, also vallis, and opp. mons,

id. ib. 1, 79, 2:

latitudo, quem locum Catabathmon incolae appellant,

Sall. J. 17, 4:

Olympi,

Ov. M. 6, 487:

arvum Aesulae,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 7:

ripa,

Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 5, 591; 6, 399:

flumina,

id. ib. 1, 39; cf.:

cursus (amnium),

Luc. 4, 114:

via,

Ov. M. 4, 432; 7, 410 et saep.:

sol in occasum,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203. —

Subst.: declive, is, n., a declivity:

ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

si per declive sese reciperent,

id. B. C. 3, 51, 6; cf.:

erat per declive receptus,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Ov. M. 2, 206.—

Trop.:

labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

id. ib. 15, 227; cf.:

mulier aetate declivis,

in the decline of life, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8; Arn. 2, p. 74:

animae in vitia,

prone, Arn. 2, 45.— Comp. perh. only:

dies ad occasum declivior,

Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dēclīvĭter, in a sloping manner, only in Comp.:

declivius: incumbens rupes,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 9.

dē-clīvis, e ( nom. n. declivum, Cassiod. in Psal. 16, 5; neutr. plur. once heterocl. decliva, Ov. M. 2, 206;

also declivia,

id. ib. 1, 39 et saep.; cf. acclivis and aplustre), adj. [clivus], inclining downwards, sloping (for syn. cf.: devexus, praeruptas, abruptus, abscisus, proclivis, acclivis, propensus, praeceps, pronus.—Class. and freq., esp. in histt. and poets; perh. not in Cic. and Verg.).

Prop.:

collis ab summo aequaliter declivis ad flumen Sabim,

sloping regularly, Caes. B. G. 2, 18:

in declivi et praecipiti loco,

id. ib. 4, 33, 3: iniquo [p. 522] loco et leviter declivi, id. ib. 7, 83, 2; cf.:

locus tenui fastigio vergebat,

id. B. C. 1, 45, 5:

locus, also vallis, and opp. mons,

id. ib. 1, 79, 2:

latitudo, quem locum Catabathmon incolae appellant,

Sall. J. 17, 4:

Olympi,

Ov. M. 6, 487:

arvum Aesulae,

Hor. Od. 3, 29, 7:

ripa,

Ov. F. 3, 13; id. M. 5, 591; 6, 399:

flumina,

id. ib. 1, 39; cf.:

cursus (amnium),

Luc. 4, 114:

via,

Ov. M. 4, 432; 7, 410 et saep.:

sol in occasum,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203. —

Subst.: declive, is, n., a declivity:

ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 88:

si per declive sese reciperent,

id. B. C. 3, 51, 6; cf.:

erat per declive receptus,

id. ib. 3, 45, 4; Ov. M. 2, 206.—

Trop.:

labitur occiduae per iter declive senectae,

id. ib. 15, 227; cf.:

mulier aetate declivis,

in the decline of life, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8; Arn. 2, p. 74:

animae in vitia,

prone, Arn. 2, 45.— Comp. perh. only:

dies ad occasum declivior,

Vulg. Judic. 19, 9.— Sup. does not occur.— Adv.: dēclīvĭter, in a sloping manner, only in Comp.:

declivius: incumbens rupes,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 12, 9.

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dēclīvis, e (de u. clivus), bergabwärts gehend, abfallend, abschüssig (Ggstz. acclivis), I) eig.: locus declivis ac praeceps, Liv.: collis ab summo aequaliter d., Caes.: locus iniquus et leniter d., Caes.: latitudo, Sall.: arvum Aesulae, Hor.: ripa, Ov. – neutr. subst., per declive (am Abhang hin) se recipere, Caes.: per declive viasque praecipites spatio terrae propiore feruntur, Ov.: sopitus ex semita proclivi ruit in declive, Liv.: haec declivia et devexa, diese abfallenden u. abschüssigen Partien (der Gegend), Caes. – II) übtr.: A) der Zeit nach sich neigend, mulier aetate declivis, mit der es bergab geht, die schon in den Jahren ist, Plin. ep.: sol, Calp.: aestas, Calp. – m. Dat., quod sol iam occasui declivis est, sich dem U. zuneigt, Min. Fel. 40, 2. – m. ad u. Akk., considera, quod dies ad occasum declivior sit, Vulg. iudic. 19, 9. – B) der Gesinnung nach sich neigend, animae in vitia labiles, in peccatorum genera universa declives, Arnob. 2, 45.