prōpēnsus

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prō-pendeo, di, sum, 2 (in Plaut. As. 2, 2, 39, the correct reading is propendes), v. n., to hang forth or forward, hang down.

Lit. (class.):

ex ramis propendens,

Plin. 26, 7, 20, § 36; Suet. Galb. 21:

lanx propendet,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51.—

Trop.

(The figure borrowed from the descending scale of a balance.) To weigh more, haec the preponderance:

nec dependes nec propendes,

weighest neither less nor more, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 39:

si bona propendent,

Cic. Tuse. 5, 31, 86.—

To be inclined or disposed to any thing:

si suā sponte quo impellimus, inclinant atque propendent,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 18.—

To be well disposed, favorable:

inclinatione voluntatis propendere in aliquem,

Cic. de Or. 2, 29, 129.—Hence, prō-pensus, a, um, P. a.

Lit., hanging down (post-class.):

propensum labrum,

Sol. 20:

propenso sesquipede,

Pers. 1, 57 dub. —

Transf., = magno pene praeditus (post-class.), Capitol. Gord. 19.—

Trop.

Inclining towards, coming near, approaching (class.); with ad:

disputatio ad veritatis similitudinem propensior,

Cic. N. D. 3, 40, 94:

ad veritatem,

id. Div. 1, 5, 9. —

Heavy, weighty, important (class.):

illa de meā pecuniā ramenta fiat plumea propensior,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 15:

id fit propensius,

more weighty, important, Cic. Par. 3, 2, 24.—

Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing (syn. proclivis); usually constr. with ad or in and acc.; rarely with dat.

With ad:

non tam propensus ad misericordiam, quam inclinatus ad severitatem videbatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85:

ad dicendum,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

animus propensus ad salutem alicujus,

id. Fam. 4, 13, 5:

ad liberalitatem,

id. Lael. 9, 31.— Comp.:

paulo ad voluptates propensior,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 105:

ad lenitatem,

id. Mur. 31, 64:

animus alius ad alia vitia propensior,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81:

sunt propensiores ad bene merendum quam ad reposcendum,

id. Lael. 9, 32.—

With in and acc.:

propensus in alteram partem,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 4.— Comp.:

propensior benignitas esse debebit in calamitosos,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62:

in neutram partem propensiores,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 30.—

With dat.:

in divisione regni propensior fuisse Alexandro videbatur,

more disposed to favor Alexander, Just. 16, 1, 2 (al. pro Alexandro).—

Absol., well-disposed, favorable, willing, ready (class.):

propenso animo aliquid facere,

Cic. Att. 13, 21, 7; Liv. 37, 54:

propensum favorem petiit,

Ov. M. 14, 706.— Sup.: propensissimā civitatum voluntate, Auct. B. Alex. 26.—Hence, adv.: prōpensē, willingly, readily, with inclination (class.): conspiratio propense facta, Lentulus ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 3.— Comp.:

propensius senatum facturum,

Liv. 37, 52:

eoque propensius laudandus est,

App. Flor. p. 98 Oud.

acclīnis, e, adj. (also adc-) [ad-CLINO], leaning on or against something, inclined to or toward ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with dat.

Lit.:

corpusque levabat arboris adclinis trunco,

Verg. A. 10, 834; so Ov. M. 15, 737; Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 36 al.—In prose, Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39; Just. 28, 4:

crates inter se acclines,

Col. 12, 15, 1.—

Esp. of localities, Amm. 14, 8; 29, 5.—

Trop., inclined to, disposed to (= inclinatus, propensus):

acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6.

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.

implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.

implĭco ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, or (twice in Cic., and freq. since the Aug. per.) ŭi, ĭtum (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 550 sq.), 1, v. a. [in-plico, to fold into; hence], to infold, involve, entangle, entwine, inwrap, envelop, encircle, embrace, clasp, grasp (freq. and class.; cf.: irretio, impedio).

Lit.:

involvulus in pampini folio se,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

ut tenax hedera huc et illuc Arborem implicat errans,

Cat. 61, 35; cf. id. ib. 107 sq.:

et nunc huc inde huc incertos implicat orbes,

Verg. A. 12, 743:

dextrae se parvus Iulus Implicuit,

id. ib. 2, 724; cf.:

implicuit materno bracchia collo,

Ov. M. 1, 762:

implicuitque suos circum mea colla lacertos,

id. Am. 2, 18, 9:

implicuitque comam laevā,

grasped, Verg. A. 2, 552:

sertis comas,

Tib. 3, 6, 64:

crinem auro,

Verg. A. 4, 148:

frondenti tempora ramo,

id. ib. 7, 136; cf. Ov. F. 5, 220: in parte inferiore hic implicabatur caput, Afran. ap. Non. 123, 16 (implicare positum pro ornare, Non.):

aquila implicuit pedes atque unguibus haesit,

Verg. A. 11, 752:

effusumque equitem super ipse (equus) secutus Implicat,

id. ib. 10, 894:

congressi in proelia totas Implicuere inter se acies,

id. ib. 11, 632:

implicare ac perturbare aciem,

Sall. J. 59, 3:

(lues) ossibus implicat ignem,

Verg. A. 7, 355.—In part. perf.:

quini erant ordines conjuncti inter se atque implicati,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 4:

Canidia brevibus implicata viperis Crines,

Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

folium implicatum,

Plin. 21, 17, 65, § 105:

intestinum implicatum,

id. 11, 4, 3, § 9:

impliciti laqueis,

Ov. A. A. 2, 580:

Cerberos implicitis angue minante comis,

id. H. 9, 94:

implicitamque sinu absstulit,

id. A. A. 1, 561:

impliciti Peleus rapit oscula nati,

held in his arms, Val. Fl. 1, 264.

Trop.

In gen., to entangle, implicate, involve, envelop, engage:

di immortales vim suam... tum terrae cavernis includunt, tum hominum naturis implicant,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

contrahendis negotiis implicari,

id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

alienis (rebus) nimis implicari molestum esse,

id. Lael. 13, 45:

implicari aliquo certo genere cursuque vivendi,

id. Off. 1, 32, 117:

implicari negotio,

id. Leg. 1, 3:

ipse te impedies, ipse tua defensione implicabere,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 44; cf.: multis implicari erroribus, id. Tusc. 4, 27, 58:

bello,

Verg. A. 11, 109:

eum primo incertis implicantes responsis,

Liv. 27, 43, 3:

nisi forte implacabiles irae vestrae implicaverint animos vestros,

perplexed, confounded, id. 40, 46, 6:

paucitas in partitione servatur, si genera ipsa rerum ponuntur, neque permixte cum partibus implicantur,

are mingled, mixed up, Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 32: ut omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, ne ad me iter tibi expeditum sit, Pompei. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, D, 1:

tanti errores implicant temporum, ut nec qui consules nec quid quoque anno actum sit digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4.—In part. perf.:

dum rei publicae quaedam procuratio multis officiis implicatum et constrictum tenebat,

Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 11:

Deus nullis occupationibus est implicatus,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51; cf.:

implicatus molestis negotiis et operosis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 52:

animos dederit suis angoribus et molestiis implicatos,

id. Tusc. 5, 1, 3:

Agrippina morbo corporis implicata,

Tac. A. 4, 53:

inconstantia tua cum levitate, tum etiam perjurio implicata,

Cic. Vatin. 1, 3; cf. id. Phil. 2, 32, 81:

intervalla, quibus implicata atque permixta oratio est,

id. Or. 56, 187:

(voluptas) penitus in omni sensu implicata insidet,

id. Leg. 1, 17, 47:

quae quatuor inter se colligata atque implicata,

id. Off. 1, 5, 15:

natura non tam propensus ad misericordiam quam implicatus ad severitatem videbatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85;

and in the form implicitus, esp. with morbo (in morbum): quies necessaria morbo implicitum exercitum tenuit,

Liv. 3, 2, 1; 7, 23, 2; 23, 40, 1:

ubi se quisque videbat Implicitum morbo,

Lucr. 6, 1232:

graviore morbo implicitus,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 1; cf.:

implicitus in morbum,

Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 23, 34, 11:

implicitus suspicionibus,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 19; cf.:

implicitus terrore,

Luc. 3, 432:

litibus implicitus,

Hor. A. P. 424:

implicitam sinu abstulit,

Ov. A. A. 1, 562:

(vinum) jam sanos implicitos facit,

Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 87.—

In partic., to attach closely, connect intimately, to unite, join; in pass., to be intimately connected, associated, or related:

(homo) profectus a caritate domesticorum ac suorum serpat longius et se implicet primum civium, deinde mortalium omnium societate,

Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 45:

omnes qui nostris familiaritatibus implicantur,

id. Balb. 27, 60:

(L. Gellius) ita diu vixit, ut multarum aetatum oratoribus implicaretur,

id. Brut. 47, 174:

quibus applicari expediet, non implicari,

Sen. Ep. 105, 5.— In part. perf.:

aliquos habere implicatos consuetudine et benevolentia,

Cic. Fam. 6, 12, 2:

implicatus amicitiis,

id. Att. 1, 19, 8:

familiaritate,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

implicati ultro et citro vel usu diuturno vel etiam officiis,

id. Lael. 22, 85. —Hence,

implĭcātus ( inpl-), a, um, P. a., entangled, perplexed, confused, intricate:

nec in Torquati sermone quicquam implicatum aut tortuosum fuit,

Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 3:

reliquae (partes orationis) sunt magnae, implicatae, variae, graves, etc.,

id. de Or. 3, 14, 52: vox rauca et implicata, Sen. Apocol. med. — Comp.:

implicatior ad loquendum,

Amm. 26, 6, 18. — Sup.:

obscurissima et implicatissima quaestio,

Gell. 6, 2, 15:

ista tortuosissima et implicatissima nodositas,

Aug. Conf. 2, 10 init. —

im-plĭcĭtē ( inpl-), adv., intricately (rare):

non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,

Cic. Inv. 2, 23, 69.

prōclīvis, 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], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.

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.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

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.—

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).

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.—

Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.

prōclīvis, 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], sloping, steep, going downwards or downhill.

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.—

Trop.

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.—

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.

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.—

With dat. ( poet.):

sceleri proclivis egestas,

Sil. 13, 585.—

With circa (post-Aug.):

eritque judex circa modestiam juris probatione proclivior,

Quint. 4, 5, 21.—

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.—

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).

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.—

Easily: facile et procliviter persuadere, Castric. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 6.— Comp.:

multo proclivius,

Lucr. 2, 792.