decline

    dē-flōrēscō ruī, —, ere,    to drop blossoms, fade, wither, decay, decline: flos tenui carptus ungui, Ct. —Fig.: deliciae deflorescunt: cum senectā res defloruere, L.

    dē-fugiō fūgī, —, ere,    to run off, flee away, make an escape: ripa, quo sinistrum cornu defugit, L.: iniurias fortunae defugiendo relinquas, i. e. by death.—Fig., to flee from, shun, avoid, escape from: proelium, Cs.: contentiones: iudicia. —To decline, shrink from, shun: auctoritatem consulatūs mei: sin timore defugiant, Cs.

    dētrāctō    see dētrectō.

    dētrectō or dē-trāctō avī, ātus, āre,    to decline, refuse, reject, shirk: militiam, Cs.: pericula, Ta.: certamen, L.: iuga, V.: vincla pedum, Tb.: alcuius iussa, Ta.: num consulto detrectarent, L. —Fig., to lower in estimation, depreciate, disparage: bonos, S.: virtutes, L.: bene facta maligne, O.

    excūsō āvī, ātus, āre    [ex +*causo; 1 CAV-] —With pers. obj., to excuse, make an excuse for: Atticae me: se de consilio, Cs.: me apud Apuleium: ut excuser morbi causā: si iudex excusetur Areopagites esse, pleads as his excuse: dixi, cur excusatus abirem, H.: Titium excusavit, quod, etc.: cognatione Licini se, L.: verba excusantia, apologies, O.— To excuse, apologize for: Varroni tarditatem litterarum: missos ignīs, O.— To allege in excuse, plead, excuse oneself with: propinquitatem: inopiam, Cs.: verba excusandae valetudini solita, L.: Philippo laborem, H.— To decline, refuse, excuse the refusal of: reditum Agrippinae ob hiemem, Ta.: in cognitionibus se (iudices), Ta.: alcui rei excusari, to be relieved of, Ta.

    labō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 LAB-], to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, give way, be loosened: illud (signum) lababat: labat ariete crebro Ianua, V.: labant naves, roll, O.: littera labat, is unsteady, O.: tarda trementi Genua labant, sink, V.: egressi labant vestigia prima, V.—Fig., to waver, be unstable, be undecided, hesitate: scito, labare meum consilium: labamus mutamusque sententiam: apparuit labare plebis animos, L.: labantes consilio patres, H.: socii labant, waver in fidelity, L.: ex nimiā mentem pietate labare Sensit, O.: memoria labat, becomes weak, L.: acies labantīs restituere, Ta.— To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin: omnīs rei p. partīs labantīs confirmare: labante egregiā quondam disciplinā, L.: cum res Troiana labaret, O.

    lābor lapsus, ī (lābier, H.), dep.    [2 LAB-], to glide, slide, move, slip, float, pass, flow: Per sinūs, in folds, O.: Ille inter vestīs et levia pectora lapsus Volvitur, V.: Ut rate felici pacata per aequora labar, O.: sidera, quae vagā ratione labuntur: Labere, nympha, polo, from heaven, V.: e manibus custodientium lapsus, escaped, Cu.— To sink, fall: Labitur exsanguis, V.: super terram, O.: in rivo: levi sanguine, slip, V.: pede lapsus, stumbling, H.: umor in genas Furtim labitur, H.: Perque genas lacrimae labuntur, O.: multa in silvis Lapsa cadunt folia, V.: labentes oculos condere, falling, O.—Fig., to move gently, be led insensibly, glide, pass, elapse: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertar, am led: ad opinionem: in vitium, H.: oratio placide labitur: labi somnum sensit in artūs, O.: nostro illius labatur pectore voltus, be lost, V.: Eheu fugaces Labuntur anni, H.: lustris labentibus, V.: forte lapsa vox, Ta. — To sink, incline, decline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. C.: equitem Romanum labentem excepit: eo citius lapsa res est, L.: fides lapsa, O.: lapsis quaesitum oracula rebus, for our ruined condition, V.: hac spe lapsus, deceived in, Cs.— To fall into error, be mistaken, err, mistake, commit a fault: rex Iugurthae scelere lapsus, S.: in aliquā re: propter inprudentiam, Cs.: in officio. I II

    languēscō guī, —, ere, inch.    [langueo], to become faint, grow weak, sink, be enfeebled: corpore languescit: luna languescit, is obscured, Ta.: cum flos Languescit moriens, droops, V.: Bacchus in amphorā Languescit, mellows, H.: Nec mea languescent corpora, languish, O.—Fig., to grow languid, become listless, sink, decline, decrease: consensus populi, si nos languescimus, debilitetur necesse est: crescunt ignisque dolorque, Languescunt iterum, O.

    negō āvī, ātus, āre    [3 AG-], to say no, deny, refuse (opp. aio): Negat quis? nego. ait? aio, T.: Diogenes ait, Antipater negat: nunc aiunt, quod tunc negabant: non facile Gallos Gallis negare potuisse, Cs.: negant quicquam esse bonum, nisi, etc.: damnare negatur hanc Venerem pietas, O.: casta negor (sc. esse), they say I am not, O.: negat se Numidam pertimescere, virtuti suorum credere (sc. ait), S.—A second negation does not destroy the first: negat ne suspicari.— Not to assent, deny: factum est; non nego, T.: omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato: negaturum aut me pro M. Fulvio, aut ipsum Fulvium censetis? L.: mitto enim domestica, quae negari possunt, i. e. the proof of which can be suppressed: negare non posse, quin rectius sit, etc., L.— Not to consent, deny, refuse: invitatus ad haec negabit, will decline, Iu.: (oscula), H.: victum, V.: numquam reo cuiquam tam praecise negavi, quam hic mihi: postquam id obstinate sibi negari videt, Cs.: negat quis carmina Gallo? V.: mea dicta demittere in aurīs, V.: Ire, O.: adulescenti negare, quin eum arcesseret, N.: uxorem ut ducat orare occipit... Ille primo se negare, refuse, T.: Poma negat regio, i. e. does not produce, O.: pars ventis vela negare, i. e. furl, O. I II

    occīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [ob+caedo], to strike down, knock down: me pugnis, T.—To cut down, cut off, kill, slay: si aliam (noxiam) admisero, occidito, T.: fortissime pugnans occiditur, Cs.: exercitūs occidione occisi, annihilated, L.: ad unum omnes, to the last man, L.: hominem, murder: modus hominis occidendi, form of murder: homines impune occidebantur, murders were committed: se occidere, commit suicide, Cu.—Fig., to plague to death, torture, torment, pester: occidis saepe rogando, H.: legendo, H.—To ruin, undo: me tuis fallaciis, T. I II

    praecīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [prae+caedo], to cut off in front, cut off: caput praecisum ducis, L.: resistenti manum gladio: collegae sui praecidi caput iussit: ancoras, cut the cables.—To cut through, cut up: cotem novaculā: navīs, disable. —Fig., to cut short, abridge, break off, finish abruptly: maximam partem defensionis: sibi reditum: brevi praecidam, briefly: praecide, inquit, cut it short.—To break off suddenly, cut off, end, destroy: omnīs causas omnibus, T.: praecisa consulatūs spes erit, L.: spem iudici conrumpendi.— To deny flatly, refuse, decline: mihi plane nullā exceptione.

    prō-lābor lapsus, ī,    to glide forward, slide along, slip: at Canis ad caudam serpens prolabitur Argo, C. poët.: conlapsus pons, usque ad alterius initium pontis prolabi eum leniter cogebat, to slide along, L.—To fall forward, tumble, fall in ruins: equus cum prolapsum per caput regem effudisset, who fell headlong, L.: prolabens ex equo, L.: pro lapsa Pergama, ruined, V.: ipsis adminiculis prolapsis corruere, sliding from under them, L.—Fig., to go forward, be led on: me longius prolapsum esse, quam, etc., have spoken at more length: in misericordiam prolapsus est animus victoris, L.— To slip out, escape: ab aliquā cupiditate prolapsum verbum.—To fall, fail, err, be led astray: timore: cupiditate regni, L.—To fall to decay, sink, decline, go to ruin: ita prolapsa est (iuventus) ut coërcenda sit: rem temeritate eius prolapsam restituit, L.

   re-trāctō (-trectō） āvī, ātus, āre    [retraho], to handle again, take in hand again, undertake anew: arma, L.: ferrum, V.: volnera cruda, i. e. touches anew the unheeled sores, O.—Fig., to consider, examine again, review, revise: omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent: Fata domūs, O.: augemus dolorem retractando: desueta verba, O.: Ceae munera neniae, H.: posterā die retractatur, the negotiation is renewed, Ta.— To withdraw, draw back, refuse, decline, be reluctant: sive retractabis sive proberavis: Icilium retractantem adripi iubet, L.: quid retractas? V.: nihil est quod dicta retractent, have no reason for revoking, V.

    senium ī, n    [senex], old age, senility, decline: quod (opus) omni senio careret: senio confectus. — Waste, decay: se ipse (mundus) consumptione et senio alebat sui, by its own waste and decay.— Vexation, grief, trouble, affliction: tota civitas confecta senio est: senio consumptus, L.— Gloom, moroseness: inhumanae senium depone Camenae, H.— An old man (poet. for senex, with pron masc.): Ut illum di deaeque senium perdant, T.

    statuō uī, ūtus, ere    [status], to cause to stand, set up, set, station, fix upright, erect, plant: statue signum, L.: agro qui statuit meo Te, triste lignum (i. e. arborem), H.: Crateras magnos statuunt (on the table), V.: tabernacula statui passus non est, to pitch, Cs.: aeiem quam arte statuerat, latius porrigit, had drawn up, S.: statuitur Lollius in convivio, is taken to the banquet: tabernacula in foro, L.: ubi primum equus Curtium in vado statuit, L.: in nostris castris tibi tabernaculum statue, Cu.: pro rigidis calamos columnis, O.: alqm capite in terram, T.: patrem eius ante oculos: bovem ad fanum Dianae et ante aram, L.: Puer quis Ad cyathum statuetur? H.— To construct and place, set up, erect, make, build: eique statuam equestrem in rostris statui placere, in his honor: Effigiem, V.: Templa tibi, O.: aras e caespite, O.: aëneum tropaeum: carceres eo anno in Circo primum statuti, L.: incensis operibus quae statuerat, N.: Inter et Aegidas mediā statuaris in urbe, i. e. a statue of you, O.: Urbem quam statuo vestra est, found, V.— To cause to stand firm, strengthen, support: rem p. certo animo, Att. ap. C.—Of rules and precedents, to establish, constitute, ordain, fix, settle, set forth: omnīs partīs religionis: vectigal etiam novum ex salariā annonā, L.: Exemplum statuite in me ut adulescentuli Vobis placare studeant, T.: in alquo homine exemplum huius modi: si quid iniungere inferiori velis, si id prius in te ac tuos ipse iuris statueris, etc., first admit it against yourself, L.: citius Quam tibi nostrorum statuatur summa laborum, i. e. is recounted, O.— Of persons, to constitute, appoint, create: arbitrum me huius rei.—Of limits and conditions, to determine, fix, impose, set: imperi diuturnitati modum statuendum putavistis, that a limit should be assigned: statui mihi tum modum et orationi meae, imposed restraints upon: non statuendo felicitati modum, by not limiting his success, L.: modum carminis, O.: providete duriorem vobis condicionem: Finem orationi, make an end of, T.—Of a time or place, to fix, appoint, set: statutus est comitiis dies, L.: multitudini diem statuit ante quam liceret, etc., S.: fruges quoque maturitatem statuto tempore expectant, Cu.— To decide, determine, settle, fix, bring about, choose, make a decision: ut pro merito cuiusque statueretur, L.: ut ipse de eo causā cognitā statuat, to try the cause and decide, Cs.: utrum igitur hoc Graeci statuent... an nostri praetores?: ut statuatis hoc iudicio utrum, etc.: in hoc homine statuetur, possitne homo damnari, etc.: quid faciendum sit, L.: nondum statuerat, conservaret eum necne, N.: in senatu de lege: de absente eo statuere ac iudicare, L.: de P. Lentulo, i. e. decide on the punishment of, S.: (ii), quos contra statuas: Res quoque privatas statui sine crimine iudex, sat in judgment upon, O.—In the mind, to decide, make up one's mind, conclude, determine, be convinced: numquam intellegis, statuendum tibi esse, utrum, etc.: neque tamen possum statuere, utrum magis mirer, etc.: vix statuere apud animum meum possum, utrum, etc., to make up my mind, L.: quidquid nos communi sententiā statuerimus. — To decree, order, ordain, enact, prescribe: statuunt ut decem milia hominum mittantur, Cs.: eos (Siculos) statuisse, ut hoc quod dico postularetur: patres ut statuerent, ne absentium nomina reciperentur: statutum esse (inter plebem et Poenos), ut... impedimenta diriperent, agreed, L.: statuunt ut Fallere custodes tentent, O.: sic, di, statuistis, O.: (Vestalibus) stipendium de publico, decreed a salary, L.: cur his quoque statuisti, quantum ex hoc genere frumenti darent.—Of punishments, to decree, measure out, inflict, pass sentence: considerando... in utrā (lege) maior poena statuatur: obsecrare, ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret, treat harshly, Cs.: quid in illos statuamus consultare, S.: cum triste aliquid statuit, O.: legem de capite civis Romani statui vetare, i. e. sentence of death to be passed.—To resolve, determine, purpose, propose: statuit ab initio ius publicano non dicere: statuerat excusare, to decline the office: proelio decertare, Cs.: non pugnare, L.: habere statutum cum animo ac deliberatum, to have firmly and deliberately resolved: caedis initium fecisset a me, sic enim statuerat.— To judge, declare as a judgment, be of opinion, hold, be convinced, conclude, think, consider: leges statuimus per vim et contra auspicia latas: statuit senatus hoc, ne illi quidem esse licitum, cui concesserat omnia: qui id statuat esse ius quod non oporteat iudicari, who holds that to be the law: cum igitur statuisset, opus esse, etc., had become convinced: statuistis, etiam intra muros Antoni scelus versari, inferred: Hoc anno statuit temporis esse satis, O.: si id dicunt, non recte aliquid statuere eos qui consulantur, that they hold an erroneous opinion: hoc si ita statuetis: statuit nauarchos omnīs vitā esse privandos, thought it necessary to deprive, etc.: causam sibi dicendam esse statuerat, knew: Caesar statuit exspectandam classem, Cs.: si, ut Manilius statuebat, sic est iudicatum: uti statuit, as he thought, L.: omnīs statuit ille quidem non inimicos, sed hostīs, regarded not as adversaries, but as foes: Anaximenes aëra deum statuit, regarded.

    tābēs is, f    [1 TA-], a wasting, melting away, dwindling, gradual decline, decay: aegritudo habet tabem: cadavera tabes absumebat, L.— Marasmus, consumption, plague, pestilence, wasting fever: tanta vis avaritiae, velut tabes, invaserat, etc., S.: id (aes alienum) postremo velut tabem pervenisse ad corpus, L.; cf. fori, Ta.— The moisture of decay, slime, corruption: liquentis nivis, L.: Tinctaque mortiferā tabe sagitta madet, poison, O.—Fig., consumption, decay, playue: crescentis faenoris, L.: quos durus amor crudeli tabe peredit, V.: lenta, O.

    tābēscō buī, —, ere, inch.    [tabeo], to dwindle, waste away, melt, decay: tabescit (umor) calore: Tabuerant cerae, O.—Fig., of persons, to pine, languish, decline, waste: perspicio nobis in hac calamitate tabescendum esse: ecquem, Qui sic tabuerit, longo meministis in aevo? languished for love, O.: morbo tabescens: dolore ac miseriā, T.: otio, through inactivity: Tabuit ex illo, for love of him, O.: vacuo lecto, Pr.: Quod aliena capella gerat distentius uber, Tabescat, wastes with envy, H.—Of things, to waste away, be wasted: pati regnum tabescere, S.

    tergiversor —, ārī, dep.    [tergum+verto], to turn the back, decline, refuse, make difficulties, boggle, shuffle, evade, shift, tergiversate: quid tergiversaris?: hunc tergiversantem iudicio persequi: non incallide: locus ad tergiversandum: (consulem) tergiversari res cogebat, L.