adjective

clīvōsus

fem. clīvōsa · neut. clīvōsum

hilly; full of hills; steep poetic ••

hilly, full of hills, steep (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): rus, Verg. G. 2, 212: trames, id. ib. 1, 108: loci et aridi, Col. Arb. 4, 3; opp. planus, id. R. R. 2, 16, 1: solum, Plin. 18, 24, 55, § 200: Olympus, Ov. F. 3, 415: Ida, id. Am. 1, 14, 11.—

figuratively •

Trop.: tramite vitae, steep, difficult, Sil. 6, 120.

Perseus ID: n8634 Key: clivosus