ac-clīvis, e, also (but much less freq.) -vus, a, um, adj. [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.