proclinatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōclīnātĭo, ōnis, f. [proclino],

a bending or inclining forwards : in concreto, a slope , declivity (Vitruvian), Vitr. 5, 12, 4.— In plur.: ne structurae habeant ullā in parte proclinationes, Vitr. 6, 11.