(adjective) : ac-clīvis, e, also (but much less freq.) -vus, a, um, ad + clivus
* Up hill, mounting upwards, ascending, steep: stadium, Lucil. ap. Non. 4, 11: ea viae pars valde acclivis est,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4; so, leniter acclivis aditus,Caes. B. G. 2, 29 al.: acclivus, Ov. M. 2, 19.

s. TLL