declinationem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →declinatio, declinationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
declination/relative sky angle; latitude; compass point; inclination; bend/slope; turning aside, swerve; avoidance; divergence/variation/digression; inflection;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Comparatio in nominibus aut genus deprendit aut declinationem: genus, ut, si quaeratur "funis" masculinum sit an femininum, simile..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...maximam, de physicis alias, et quidem tibi et declinationem istam atomorum et magnitudinem solis probabo et Democriti errata..."