declinarer
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;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plumbi grauatum ad terram urguebant, et si qua declinare nequiuerant ictum, pro diruto muro nouum tumultuario opere, raptim..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inexsuperabilibus uim adferre, sed obliquo monte ad se declinare et suo agmini coniungi; C. Heluium cum tertia parte..."