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dēclīno
transitive and intransitive verb I conjugation

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1 to decline, to conjugate, to inflect in the same manner or like
2 to change word form, to modify
3 to deflect, to divert, to turn aside, to swerve, to change direction, to deviate, to dodge
4 to digress, to diverge
5 to avoid, to stray
6 to vary, to be different
7 to bend, to sink down, to subside, to decline
8 to lower, to descend

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Locutions, idioms and examples

a malis declino = to avoid evil || a Capua declino = to deviate from the Capua road || a Roma declino = to depart from Rome || ad illa (remedia) declinandum est = we have to arrive at these remedies || agmen declino || ad vindices futuros declinant || ad discendum ius declino = to turn to the study of jurisprudence || ad dexteram de via declinavi = I deviated slightly to the right from the road || ab religione officii declino = not to fulfil one's duty scrupulously || a malis natura declinamus = we stay away from evil by nature || causa … quae declinet atomum || a proposito declino (or egredior or aberro) = to depart from one owns purpose; to be off topic || ait atomum declinare paulum || a malis natura declinamus, quae declinatio si cum ratione fiet, cautio appelletur = we are avers to evil by nature, and if this aversion should happen in accordance with reason it may as well be called precaution