- climacis
- climacidos/is N Finclined channel/barrel of a ballista; small staircase/ladder (L+S)
Latin-English dictionary. 2013.
climacis
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climax — {{11}}climax (n.) 1580s, in the rhetorical sense, from L.L. climax (gen. climacis), from Gk. klimax propositions rising in effectiveness, lit. ladder, from root of klinein to slope, from PIE root *klei to lean (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)). The… … Etymology dictionary
