dēclīnō āvī, ātus, āre
CLI-,
to bend aside, turn away
: ad dexteram de viā: si omnes atomi declinabunt
(i. e. oblique ferentur): via ad mare declinans, L.—
To deflect, turn away
: agmen, L.: cursūs, O.—
To avoid, evade, shun
: urbem: ictum, L.—
To lower, close, let sink
: dulci lumina somno, V. —
Fig.,
to turn aside, deviate, turn away, digress
: de statu suo: a religione offici: aliquantulum a proposito:
ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio: quantum in Italiam declinaverat
belli, L.: paulatim amor,
decreases
, O.—
To turn aside, cause to differ
: mulier declinata ab aliarum ingenio,
differing
, T.—
To turn off, ascribe
: adversa in inscitiam Paeti, Ta.
—
To turn from, avoid, shun
: (oratio) declinat impetum: laqueos iudici: vitia: societate
culpae invidiam, Ta.