dē-clīno

dē-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [CLINO = klinô], orig. to bend from the straight path; to turn aside or away (freq. and class.).

Lit.

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.—

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.—

Trop.

In gen.

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. —

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. —

In partic. grammat. t. t., to vary, inflect a part of speech.

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. —

In the later grammarians, to decline, in the strict sense, Charis, p. 8 sq. et al. —

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.

inclīnis, e, adj. [in-clino], bending, bowing (post-Aug. and very rare):

cervix,

Val. Fl. 4, 307:

inclinis atque humilis,

Min. Fel. Oct. 3 fin.

inclīnis, e, adj. [2. in-clino], unbending, unalterable, Manil. 1, 596.

in-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [clino, clinatus].

Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

vela contrahit malosque inclinat,

Liv. 36, 44, 2:

genua arenis,

Ov. M. 11, 356:

(rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae,

id. ib. 11, 209:

inclinato in dextrum capite,

Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69:

inclinata utrolibet cervix,

id. 1, 11, 9:

pollice intus inclinato,

id. 11, 3, 99:

arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas,

Mart. 1, 77, 8:

sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus,

Ov. M. 2, 721:

at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes,

i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis):

prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc.,

i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.:

inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.—

Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos,

Quint. 11, 3, 132):

(terra) inclinatur retroque recellit,

bends down, Lucr. 6, 573:

saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis,

Juv. 15, 63.—

In partic.

In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way:

ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies,

i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3:

tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit,

id. 7, 33, 7:

quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes,

Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —

In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward:

septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat,

Liv. 26, 45, 8:

cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est,

id. 29, 7, 2.—

In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out:

jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7:

quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus,

Juv. 10, 224:

ipsos maritos,

id. 9, 26.—

Transf., of color, to incline to:

colore ad aurum inclinato,

Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37:

coloris in luteum inclinati,

id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—

Of a disease, to abate, diminish:

morbus inclinatus,

Cels. 3, 2:

febris se inclinat,

id. ib. al.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction:

se ad Stoicos,

Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10:

culpam in aliquem,

to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12:

quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat,

Just. 5, 1 fin.:

judicem inclinat miseratio,

moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14:

haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc.,

Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.:

quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur,

Liv. 1, 18, 5.—

In partic.

To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline:

se fortuna inclinaverat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3:

omnia simul inclinante fortuna,

Liv. 33, 18, 1:

ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt,

to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

eloquentiam,

Quint. 10, 1, 80.—

To throw upon, remove, transfer:

haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera,

Liv. 1, 43, 9:

omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis,

id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.):

(vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt,

Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9:

partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur,

id. 10, 13, 1.—

Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.

Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.):

paulum inclinare necesse est corpora,

Lucr. 2, 243:

sol inclinat,

Juv. 3, 316:

inclinare meridiem sentis,

Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which:

sol se inclinavit,

Liv. 9, 32, 6;

v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies,

Curt. 6, 11, 9.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way:

ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies,

Liv. 7, 33, 7:

in fugam,

id. 34, 28 fin.:

inclinantes jam legiones,

Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—

To change for the worse, turn, fail:

si fortuna belli inclinet,

Liv. 3, 61, 5:

inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat,

Tac. A. 15, 21. —

Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.):

si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187:

ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum,

id. Att. 12, 29, 2:

ad voluptatem audientium,

Quint. 2, 10, 10:

in stirpem regiam studiis,

Curt. 10, 7, 12:

amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce... inclinet,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 71:

cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum,

Cic. de Sen. 6, 16:

color ad crocum inclinans,

Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut:

ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus,

Liv. 7, 9, 5:

multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur,

id. 27, 46, 7:

hos ut sequar inclinat animus,

id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.:

inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere,

Liv. 32, 13, 5:

inclinavit sententia universos ire,

id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.:

consules ad patrum causam inclinati,

Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.:

inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus,

Tac. H. 1, 81:

inclinatis ad credendum animis,

Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1:

ad paenitentiam,

id. ib. 2, 45. —

In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare):

inclinant jam fata ducum,

change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.

Bent down, sunken:

senectus,

Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep:

vox,

Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.:

inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

id. ib. 8, 27. —

Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing:

plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat,

Liv. 23, 46, 3:

plebs ad regem Macedonasque,

id. 42, 30, 1:

ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat,

id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—

Sunken, fallen, deteriorated:

ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1:

copiae,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

rerum inclinata ferre,

i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.

rē̆-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [clino, klinô], to bend back, lean back, recline (class. but rare).

Lit.:

alces ad eas (arbores) se applicant atque ita paulum modo reclinatae quietem capiunt... Huc cum se consuetudine reclinaverunt, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27: caput, * Cic. Arat. 417:

non habet ubi caput reclinet,

Vulg. Matt. 8, 10: scuta, to lay aside, rest, * Verg. A. 12, 130:

corpora prona,

to turn over, Stat. Th. 9, 369.—Mid.:

reclinari ad suos (in dicendo),

Quint. 11, 3, 132:

te in remoto gramine reclinatum,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 7:

reclinatus in cubitum,

Petr. 39, 2; cf.:

in aliquod adminiculum,

Sen. Ep. 36, 9.—

Trop.:

nullum ab labore me reclinat otium,

removes, releases me, Hor. Epod. 17, 24:

in quem onus imperii reclinaret,

might lean, rest, be supported by, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 2, 3.— Absol., to revolt, become rebellious:

nec arrogantibus verbis quidquam scripsit (Julianus), ne videretur subito reclinasse,

Amm. 20, 8, 4.

acclīnis, e, adj. (also adc-) [ad-CLINO], leaning on or against something, inclined to or toward ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with dat.

Lit.:

corpusque levabat arboris adclinis trunco,

Verg. A. 10, 834; so Ov. M. 15, 737; Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 36 al.—In prose, Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39; Just. 28, 4:

crates inter se acclines,

Col. 12, 15, 1.—

Esp. of localities, Amm. 14, 8; 29, 5.—

Trop., inclined to, disposed to (= inclinatus, propensus):

acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 6.

ac-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to lean on or against something (not before the Aug. period; mostly poet.).

Lit.:

se acclinavit in illum,

Ov. M. 5, 72:

latus leoni,

Stat. Silv. 4, 2, 51.—Most freq. in part. pass.:

acclinatus: colla acclinata,

Ov. M. 10, 268; cf.:

terrae acclinatus,

id. ib. 14, 666:

castra tumulo sunt acclinata,

Liv. 44, 3, 6:

maria terris,

Stat. Silv. 5, 4, 5.—

Trop., with se, to incline to a thing:

ad causam senatus,

Liv. 4, 48, 9.

lībra, ae, f. [cf. litra; root cli-, clino], the Roman pound, of twelve ounces:

as erat libra pondus,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 169 Müll.:

coronam auream libram pondo ex publica pecunia in Capitolio Iovi donum posuit,

Liv. 4, 20:

mulli binas libras ponderis raro exsuperant,

Plin. 9, 17, 30, § 64:

expende Hannibalem, quot libras in duce summo invenies?

Juv. 10, 147:

neque argenti in convivio plus pondo quam libras centum inlaturos,

Gell. 2, 24, 2:

dipondii pondo duas erant libras,

Gai. Inst. 1, 122.—

Transf.

A measure for liquids:

frumenti denos modios et totidem olei libras,

Suet. Caes. 38.—

1.. A balance, pair of scales:

cum in alteram librae lancem animi bona imponebat, in alteram corporis, etc.,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 51; cf. id. Fin. 5, 30, 91.—

A water-poise, plummet-level, level, line:

sin autem locus... pari libra cum aequore maris est,

Col. 8, 17, 4: libratur [p. 1061] autem dioptris aut libris aquariis aut chorobate, Vitr. 8, 6, 1.—Hence, ad libram: alteram navem pluribus aggressus navibus in quibus ad libram fecerat turres, of equal height or of equal weight, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 1.—

Counterpoise, balance:

contra flatus quoque pervicax libra Bononiensibus calamis,

Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161: aes et libra, v. aes.—

The constellation Libra, The Balance, Verg. G. 1, 208; Ov. F. 4, 386; Plin. 18, 25, 59, § 221:

felix aequato genitus sub pondere Librae,

Manil. 4, 545.—

Trop., a balance ( poet.), Pers. 4, 10:

animi cunctantis libra,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 75.

prō-clīno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bend or incline forwards, to bend, incline (not in Cic.).

Lit.:

tum mare in haec magnus proclinet litora Nereus,

Ov. Am. 2, 11, 39; Vitr. 2, 8, 20:

curvatura montis proclinata ad mare,

id. 2, 10, 1:

proclinatum latus,

id. 5, 12, 3.—

Trop., in part. pass., inclining or verging to a consummation, tottering to its fall:

adjuvat rem proclinatam Convictolitanis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42, 2: proclinatā jam re, id. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B, § 1.