clīvōsus, a, um, adj. [clivus],
I 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.—
II Trop.: tramite vitae, steep , difficult , Sil. 6, 120.