declinarent
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;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...tantum quod momen mutatum dicere possis. quod nisi declinare solerent, omnia deorsum imbris uti guttae caderent per inane..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...manum deicere aliquis casus potest et emissa tela declinare, ita iniurias qualescumque potest aliqua res repellere..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tamen rectam uiam, non unam orbitam monstrent: qua declinare qui crediderit nefas, patiatur necesse est illam per funes..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quia parvi refert, liberum opinaturis relinquo. XXII. Nomina declinare et verba in primis pueri sciant: neque enim aliter..." 
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...positusque beata morte pater, sponsae munus miserabile tradunt declinare genas; ibi demum teste remoto fassa pios gemitus lacrimasque..."- M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...altera alteram posset attingere itaque ** attulit rem commenticiam: declinare dixit atomum perpaulum, quo nihil posset fieri minus..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plumbi grauatum ad terram urguebant, et si qua declinare nequiuerant ictum, pro diruto muro nouum tumultuario opere, raptim..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inexsuperabilibus uim adferre, sed obliquo monte ad se declinare et suo agmini coniungi; C. Heluium cum tertia parte..."