decline
From LSJ
Γῆ πάντα τίκτει καὶ πάλιν κομίζεται → Tellus ut edit, ita resorbet omnia → Die Erde alles gebiert und wieder in sich birgt
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, οὐ δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, ἀναίνεσθαι (Dem. but rare P.), ἀρνεῖσθαι (Dem. 319), ἀπαρνεῖσθαι (Thuc. 6, 56), Ar. and P. οὐκ ἀποδέχεσθαι.
avoid: P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), εὐλαβεῖσθαι; see avoid.
decline (an invitation): P. ἐπαινέω, ἐπαινεῖν (acc.) (Xen.; cf. Ar., Ranae 508).
verb intransitive
not to be willing: Ar. and P. οὐκ ἐθέλειν, Ar. and V. οὐ θέλειν, V. ἀναίνεσθαι.
sink, set: P. and V. δύνειν, δύεσθαι, V. φθίνειν.
degenerate: P. ἐκπίπτειν, ἀποκλίνειν, ἐξίστασθαι.
decay: P. and V. διαρρεῖν, ἀπορρεῖν, V. φθίνειν.
substantive
consumption: P. φθόη, ἡ.
