proclivitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From prōclīvis + -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈkliː.wɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈkliː.vi.tas] === Noun === prōclīvitās f (genitive prōclīvitātis); third declension steep descent tendency, proneness, disposition, propensity ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → English: proclivity → French: proclivité (learned) → Italian: proclività (learned) → Spanish: proclividad (learned) === References === “proclivitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. proclivitas in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “proclivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press