propensity
propensity
subs.
Impulse: P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ.
Disposition: P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ ; see inclination.
Propensity to: P. εὐχέρεια (gen.).
Have a propensity to: P. and V. φῐλεῖν (infin.), with subs., P. ἀποκλίνειν (εἰς acc. or πρός acc.); see be liable to.
Habit: P. ἕξις, ἡ.
subs.
Impulse: P. and V. ὁρμή, ἡ.
Disposition: P. and V. γνώμη, ἡ ; see inclination.
Propensity to: P. εὐχέρεια (gen.).
Have a propensity to: P. and V. φῐλεῖν (infin.), with subs., P. ἀποκλίνειν (εἰς acc. or πρός acc.); see be liable to.
Habit: P. ἕξις, ἡ.
PROPENSITY
proclivitas; animus proclivis or propensus ad aliquid; libido alicujus rei. Propensity to satire acerbitas (as a trait of character; Quint. 10 1 117). ☞ The Latins also frequently denote it in compound words by the termination -entia and the person possessing the propensity by -entus; e.g. propensity to drinking wine vinolentia; one who has such propensity vinolentus: propensity to extravagance prodigentia (Tac. Ann. 6 14 1); one that has such propensity prodigus: to have a propensity to anything non alienum esse a re (in a good sense): pronum esse ad aliquid or in aliquid (in classical Latin only in a bad sense; not as Suet. Ner. 52 pronum esse ad poeticam). Vid: INCLINATION.
proclivitas; animus proclivis or propensus ad aliquid; libido alicujus rei. Propensity to satire acerbitas (as a trait of character; Quint. 10 1 117). ☞ The Latins also frequently denote it in compound words by the termination -entia and the person possessing the propensity by -entus; e.g. propensity to drinking wine vinolentia; one who has such propensity vinolentus: propensity to extravagance prodigentia (Tac. Ann. 6 14 1); one that has such propensity prodigus: to have a propensity to anything non alienum esse a re (in a good sense): pronum esse ad aliquid or in aliquid (in classical Latin only in a bad sense; not as Suet. Ner. 52 pronum esse ad poeticam). Vid: INCLINATION.
propensity:
1. prōclīvĭtas (rare): Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28, where it is used as special term to denote an evil tendency (haec in bonis rebus facilitas, in malis proclivitas nominetur).
2. cŭpĭdĭtas (a ruling desire, passion): the mind becomes enslaved by an evil p., animus se cupiditate devincit mala, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 34: to have the passions bridled, to control evil p.s, domitas habere libidines, coercere cupiditates, Cic. de Or. 1, 43, extr.: v.DESIRE , PASSION . (Still stronger than cupiditas is libido: cf. Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84, tanta in eo peccandi libido fuit, such an inordinate propensity or passion for wrong-doing.)
3. often expr. by adj.: one person has a p. to one vice and another to another, animus alius ad alia vitia propensior, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: to have a p. towards ..., animo esse propenso ad ...: v.INCLINED . (N.B.--Various evil p.s may be denoted by special terms; as, p. to lying, mendācĭtas; to slander or reviling, maledicentia; to drinking, vinolentia; etc.: where see the names of the several vices.)
1. prōclīvĭtas (rare): Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28, where it is used as special term to denote an evil tendency (haec in bonis rebus facilitas, in malis proclivitas nominetur).
2. cŭpĭdĭtas (a ruling desire, passion): the mind becomes enslaved by an evil p., animus se cupiditate devincit mala, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 34: to have the passions bridled, to control evil p.s, domitas habere libidines, coercere cupiditates, Cic. de Or. 1, 43, extr.: v.
3. often expr. by adj.: one person has a p. to one vice and another to another, animus alius ad alia vitia propensior, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: to have a p. towards ..., animo esse propenso ad ...: v.