declinis
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēclīnis: e, adj. id.,
I turning aside (perh. only in the two foll. places): declinia juga, Stat. Th. 5, 297 (quae declinarent et fugerent, Schol.). So of the retreating motion of the sea in ebb and flood: undae, ebbing, Luc. 4, 427 dub. (al. declivibus).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēclīnis,¹⁶ e, qui s’éloigne : Stat. Th. 5, 297.
Latin > German (Georges)
dēclīnis, e (vgl. declinare u. acclinis), sich wegneigend, iuga, Stat. Theb. 5, 297.
