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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."