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proclivitas

proclivitas, a tendency, predisposition, proneness

prōclīvĭtas, ātis, f. [proclivis].
  • A steep descent, declivity (post-class.): parvulam proclivitatem digressus, Auct. B. Afr. 37.—
  • II A tendency, disposition, proneness, propensity, proclivity (class.): ad morbos proclivitas...proclivitas ad suum quodque genus, ad aegrotandum proclivitas. Sed haec in bonis rebus facilitas nominetur, in malis proclivitas, ut significet lapsionem, Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 27 and 28.

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