declinator
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. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dicendi atque inventionis non adsecuntur, sed plerumque declinant in peius et proxima virtutibus vitia comprehendunt fiuntque pro grandibus..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pater Triviamque canens umeroque Learchum advehit, at miserae declinant lumina Thebae. iamque adeo nec porta ducem nec pone..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...gaudia, florentesque manu scidit Atropos annos; qualia pallentes declinant lilia culmos pubentesque rosae primos moriuntur ad austros..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...animos, coacti ab auctoribus iniuriae ad vindices futuros declinant legatisque ad consulem missis auxilium Romanorum terrae ob nimiam..."