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
- P
Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...rebusque a se gestis, adversa in inscitiam Paeti declinans, multa acutoritate, quae viro militari pro facundia erat..." - P
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..." - P
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..."