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|lshtext=<b>dē-clīno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. CLINO = [[κλίνω]], orig.<br /><b>I</b> to [[bend]] from the [[straight]] [[path]]; to [[turn]] [[aside]] or [[away]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Act.: ego [[modo]] declinavi paullum me [[extra]] viam, Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 11; cf.: [[sese]] rectā regione viai, Lucr. 2, 250; and: se a terris omnia numina, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70: lumina, Catull. 64, 91: [[agmen]], Liv. 1, 28; 36, 23: [[nares]] in alteram partem, Cels. 8, 5.—Poet. of the eyes, to [[bend]] [[down]], i. e. to [[lower]], [[close]] [[them]] in [[sleep]]: nec dulci declinat lumina somno, * Verg. A. 4, 185.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Neutr.: [[paulum]] ad dexteram de via declinavi, ut ad Pericli [[sepulcrum]] accederem, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 5; id. Att. 14, 17, 2; Liv. 38, 20, 8.—So of the [[oblique]] [[motion]] of atoms (corresp. [[with]] [[oblique]] ferri): si omnes atomi declinabunt, nullae [[umquam]] cohaerescent; [[sive]] aliae declinabunt, aliae suo nutu recte ferentur, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 19 sq.; cf. id. Fat. 9, 18 (preceded by [[cur]] [[Epicurus]] atomos de via deducat): quae nova [[causa]] in [[natura]] est, [[qua]] declinet [[atomus]]? 20, 46 (the [[reading]] quae declinet atomum is [[wrong]]), id. N. D. 1, 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Act., to [[turn]] [[aside]]: [[neque]] (mulierem) declinatam [[quicquam]] ab aliarum ingenio ullam reperias, [[who]] has departed, deviated, * Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 3; cf.: quaedam verborum flgurae [[paulum]] figuris sententiarum declinantur, Quint. 9, 3, 88; id. 10, 3, 33: [[neque]] spe, [[neque]] metu [[declinatus]] [[animus]], id. 12, 1, 16: [[Cato]] literas Graecas aetate jam declinata didicit, in the [[decline]] of [[life]], id. 12, 11, 23. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Neutr., to [[turn]] [[aside]], [[deviate]], [[turn]] [[away]]: de via, Cic. Lael. 17; cf.: de statu suo, id. Clu. 38, 106: a religione officii, id. Verr. 2, 3, 1: a malis (opp. appetere bona), id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13: a parvis delictis diligentius, id. Off. 1, 40 fin.: [[aliquantulum]] a proposito, id. Or. 40, 138: a [[recto]] itinere ([[oratio]]), Quint. 4, 3, 14 al.: [[gemma]] [[paulum]] declinans a topazio in [[aurum]], [[passing]], Plin. 37, 8, 34, § 113: ut eo revocetur [[unde]] huc declinavit [[oratio]], digressed, Cic. de Or. 2, 38; cf. id. Leg. 1, 21 fin.: [[quantum]] in Italiam declinaverat belli, Liv. 28, 1: in asperam Pholoen, Hor. Od. 1, 33, 7: in pejus, Quint. 10, 2, 16: ad discendum jus, Quint. 12, 3, 9; cf. id. 7, 2, 30.—Absol.: declinasse me [[paululum]] et praesentes [[fluctus]] fugisse, Cic. Sest. 34: [[paulatim]] [[amor]], decreases, Ov. M. 9, 460: [[dies]] coeperat declinare, Vulg. Luc. 9, 12. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic. grammat. t. t., to [[vary]], inflect a [[part]] of [[speech]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the [[older]] grammarians, of [[every]] [[kind]] of [[inflection]] (declension, conjugation, [[comparison]], [[derivation]], etc.), Varr. L. L. 8, § 2 sq.; 10, § 11 sq.; cf. also Quint. 1, 4, 22; 1, 5, 63 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the [[later]] grammarians, to [[decline]], in the [[strict]] [[sense]], [[Charis]], p. 8 sq. et al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Transf., [[with]] an [[object]] denoting [[that]] from [[which]] one turns [[aside]]; to [[avoid]], to [[shun]] (classical, [[most]] freq. in Cic.); nec [[satis]] recte ([[oratio]]) declinat impetum, [[nisi]] [[etiam]] in cedendo [[quid]] deceat intellegit, Cic. Or. 68, 228; cf., corresp. [[with]] vitare, id. Att. 8, 11, D. fin.; and: ictum, Liv. 42, 63, 4: urbem, Cic. Planc. 41: laqueos judicii, id. Mil. 15, 40: appetuntur quae [[secundum]] naturam sunt, declinantur contraria, id. N. D. 3, 13, 33: vitia, id. Off. 1, 6, 19: ea quae nocitura videantur, id. ib. 1, 4; cf. Tac. A. 13, 4: invidiam, id. H. 4, 41 fin.; Suet. Caes. 4: impudicitiam uxoris, Tac. A. 6, 51: oppida ut busta, Amm. 16, 2, 12.

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|georg=dē-clīno, āvi, ātum, āre (vgl. [[acclino]]), [[abneigen]] = [[von]] der geraden [[Bahn]] abbiegen, [[ablenken]], [[abwenden]], u. m. [[bes]]. [[Beziehung]] [[auf]] das [[wohin]]? [[hinneigen]], hinlenken, [[hinwenden]], I) im allg.: 1) eig.: a) v. tr.: [[non]] [[statim]] decl. undam, [[sed]] etc. (v. einem Flusse), Curt.: laqueis exceptos decl. [[ictus]] ([[des]] Sturmbocks), Liv.: pedamenta declinata ([[schief]] stehende) corrigere, Col.: decl. atomum, Cic. de fat. 46. – m. Advv., m. de od. ab od. ex u. Abl., m. in od. [[extra]] u. Akk., si [[quo]] [[ego]] [[inde]] [[agmen]] declinare voluissem, Liv.: si quā declinarent [[qui]] agebant ictum, Liv.: decl. se a terris, Poët. b. Suet.: [[sese]] rectā regione viai, Lucr.: [[non]] [[prius]] ex [[illo]] [[flagrantia]] lumina, Catull.: u. so [[non]] se ab [[illo]], keinen [[Blick]] [[von]] ihm [[wenden]], Ov.: [[nares]] in alteram partem declinantur, Cels.: decl. [[paulum]] se [[extra]] viam, Plaut. – poet., [[nec]] dulci declinat lumina somno, neigt dem s. [[Schl]]. zu, Verg. Aen. 4, 185. – b) v. intr. = abbiegen, [[ausbiegen]], [[abweichen]], [[ausweichen]], se, [[etiamsi]] in acie occurrerit, declinaturum, Liv.: Cumanae cohortes, [[arte]] [[adversus]] vim usae, declinavere [[paululum]], zogen [[sich]] [[ein]] [[wenig]] [[seitwärts]], Liv. – m. de od. ab u. Abl. od. m. bl. Abl., m. ad u. Akk., decl. de [[via]] ([[bes]]. im Bilde = vom Wege der [[Pflicht]], [[des]] Rechts), Cic. u. Gell.: [[paulum]] ad dexteram de [[via]], Cic.: a [[Capua]], Cic.: a [[recto]] itinere (im Bilde [[von]] der [[Rede]]), Quint.: rectā viā (im Bilde Quint.: Manlium iussit [[obliquo]] monte ad se declinare, Liv. – v. Lebl., [[vetus]] [[via]] [[regia]] [[nusquam]] ad [[mare]] declinans, Liv. – [[bes]]. v. Atomen, [[abweichen]] [[von]] der geraden, senkrechten [[Linie]] (Ggstz. e regione moveri), declinare dixit atomum [[perpaulum]], Cic.: ut, cum [[duo]] individua per inanitatem ferantur, alterum e regione moveatur, alterum declinet, Cic.: atomi errantes et de [[via]] declinantes, Cic. – v. Tage, [[sich]] [[neigen]], die [[iam]] in vesperum declinante (Ggstz. die incipiente), Col. – 2) übtr.: a) v. tr.: α) übh.: decl. suspicionem quaerentium, die Suchenden [[von]] d. [[Spur]] [[ablenken]], Petron.: aetate [[iam]] declinatā, im hohen [[Alter]], Quint.: milites stupentis animi et naturali habitu declinati, [[von]] stumpfsinniger u. wankender [[Gemütsart]], Gell. – m. ab u. Abl., m. in u. Akk., ut declinet a proposito deflectatque sententiam, führe u. lenke ab, Cic.: [[neque]] (mulierem) declinatam quidquam ab aliarum ingenio ullam reperias, die [[von]] der [[Denkungsart]] der andern abweicht, Ter. – rumoribus advorsa in pravitatem, [[secunda]] in casum, fortunam in temeritatem decl., [[zuschieben]], [[zuschreiben]], [[beimessen]], Sall. hist. fr. 2, 30 (36): u. so [[adversa]] in inscitiam Paeti declinans, Tac. ann. 15, 26 extr. – β) [[als]] gramm. t. t., [[einen]] Redeteil [[abändern]], [[beugen]], in der ältern Gramm. [[von]] [[jeder]] [[Art]] [[Abänderung]] ([[Deklination]], [[Konjugation]], Komparation, Derivation), [[Varro]] LL. u. Quint.: in [[casus]] declinari, dekliniert [[werden]], [[Varro]] LL.: verba declinata - (Ggstz. primigenita, Stammverba), [[Varro]] LL. – in der [[spät]]. Gramm. bl. [[von]] der [[Deklination]], [[Charis]]., Donat. u.a. – γ) [[als]] rhet. t. t., [[hoc]] [[oratio]] [[recta]], [[illud]] figurā declinata commendat, dieses empfiehlt [[sich]] [[durch]] einfache (schlichte) Redeweise, jenes [[durch]] [[künstlich]] figürliche, Quint. 10, 5, 8. – b) v. intr., m. de od. ab u. Abl., m. Advv. od. m. in od. ad u. Akk., α) übh.: de statu [[suo]], Cic.: a religione officii, Cic.: a [[malis]], den Übeln [[ausweichen]] (Ggstz. appetere [[bona]]), Cic.: a parvis delictis diligentius, Cic. – decl. in [[peius]], zum Schlechtern [[sich]] [[hinneigen]] ([[herabsinken]]), Quint.: in asperam Pholoën, Hor.: cum transitu Hannibalis, [[quantum]] in Italiam declinaverat belli, [[tantum]] levatae Hispaniae viderentur, Liv.: [[gemma]] [[paulum]] declinans a topazio in [[aurum]], Plin.: coacti ab auctoribus iniuriae ad vindices futuros declinant, Liv.: [[plerique]] desperatā facultate agendi ad discendum [[ius]] declinaverunt, Quint. – absol., [[paulatim]] declinat [[amor]], neigt [[sich]] die L. [[hin]] (zum [[Bruder]]), Ov.: magnā rerum permutatione impendente declinasse me [[paulum]], [[sei]] [[ich]] [[ein]] [[wenig]] ausgewichen, Cic. – m. in u. Abl., si [[qua]] in parte [[lubricum]] adulescentiae nostrae declinat (abirrt, [[sich]] verirrt), revocas, Tac. ann. 14, 56. – β) v. [[Redner]], [[Geschichtschreiber]] usw., [[von]] der [[Rede]], vom [[Thema]] usw., [[abweichen]], [[abschweifen]], [[aliquantum]] a proposito, Cic.: [[plus]] [[iusto]] ab rerum ordine, Cic.: at [[ego]] [[huc]] declinabam, [[nec]] [[invitus]], Cic.: ut eo revocetur [[unde]] [[huc]] declinavit [[oratio]], Cic.: in [[hoc]] [[genus]] [[plerique]] cum declinavissent, ab eo, [[unde]] profecti sunt, aberrarunt, Cornif. rhet. – γ) [[als]] mediz. t. t., eine [[andere]] ([[bes]]. bessere) [[Wendung]] [[nehmen]], [[abnehmen]], [[nachlassen]], [[ubi]] ea ([[inflammatio]]) declinavit, Cels.: declinante morbo, Plin.: declinantibus doloribus, Th. Prisc.<br />'''II)''' prägn., abbiegend, ausweichend etw. [[meiden]], [[vermeiden]] (zu [[meiden]] od. zu [[vermeiden]] [[suchen]]), [[einer]] [[Sache]] aus dem Wege [[gehen]], etw. [[abweisen]], [[sich]] [[von]] etw. [[lossagen]], 1) eig.: urbem unam [[mihi]] amoenissimam, Cic.: victorem hostium exercitum, Iustin.: [[non]] [[satis]] [[recte]] impetum ([[als]] t. t. der Fechterspr.), Cic.: so [[auch]] im Bilde, invidiae impetum, Iustin.: iudicii laqueos, Cic. – 2) übtr.: [[aliquid]] (Ggstz. persequi), Cic.: [[periculum]], Iustin.: fatorum pericula, Iustin.: vitia, Cic.: [[scelus]], Iustin.: ea, [[quae]] nocitura videantur, Cic.: minas Clodii contentionesque nulla cum [[molestia]] (Ggstz. subire [[summa]] cum dignitate), Cic.: impudicitiam uxoris, Tac.: ea [[maxime]] declinans, quorum [[recens]] flagrabat [[invidia]], Tac. – m. Abl. [[wodurch]]? societate culpae invidiam, Tac.

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