dēclīnō āvī, ātus, āre
CLI-, to bend aside, turn away : ad dexteram de viā: si omnes atomi declinabunt (i. e. oblique ferentur): via ad mare declinans, L.— To deflect, turn away : agmen, L.: cursūs, O.— To avoid, evade, shun : urbem: ictum, L.— To lower, close, let sink : dulci lumina somno, V.— Fig., to turn aside, deviate, turn away, digress : de statu suo: a religione offici: aliquantulum a proposito: ut eo revocetur unde huc declinavit oratio: quantum in Italiam declinaverat belli, L.: paulatim amor, decreases , O.— To turn aside, cause to differ : mulier declinata ab aliarum ingenio, differing , T.— To turn off, ascribe : adversa in inscitiam Paeti, Ta.— To turn from, avoid, shun : (oratio) declinat impetum: laqueos iudici: vitia: societate culpae invidiam, Ta.