declinat
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. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...surgens trepidis Aurora iacentes auersatur equis; radios declinat et horret stelligeri iubar omne poli; iam comminus ipsae pabula..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...videbat. ille quoque obliquos dilecta ad moenia vultus declinat viduamque domum gemitusque relictae cogitat: occultus sub corde renascitur..."- P
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...caeli medio terraeque per umbram stridens, nec dulci declinat lumina somno; luce sedet custos aut summi culmine tecti..." - P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...proles Neptunia misit. obstipuit virgo nitidique cupidine pomi declinat cursus aurumque volubile tollit; praeterit Hippomenes: resonant spectacula plausu..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bracchia collo; mendacique diu pietatis fallitur umbra. paulatim declinat amor, visuraque fratrem culta venit, nimiumque cupit formosa videri..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mortalia demens ora videre putat nec se declinat ab illo; ut vero coepitque loqui dextramque prehendit hospes..." - P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quin, si qua in parte lubricum adulescentiae nostrae declinat, revocas ornatumque robur subsidio impensius regis? non tua moderatio..."