declinans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →declino, declinare, declinavi, declinatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
deflect/divert/turnaside/swerve/change direction/deviate/dodge; digress/diverge;; avoid/stray; vary/be different; bend/sink down, subside/decline; lower/descend;; decline/conjugate/inflect (in the same manner/like); change word form, modify;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...rebusque a se gestis, adversa in inscitiam Paeti declinans, multa acutoritate, quae viro militari pro facundia erat..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adferre. tum formam futuri principis praescripsit, ea maxime declinans, quorum recens flagrabat invidia. non enim se negotiorum omnium..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...numquam adiit, deviis plerumque itineribus ambiens patriam et declinans. [6.16] Interea magna vis accusatorum in eos inrupit..."