Italian

Noun

declino m ‎(plural declini)

1. decline

Verb

declino

1. first-person singular present tense of declinare

Latin

Etymology

From de- ‎(“down”) +‎ clīnō ‎(“I bend, I incline”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈkliː.noː/

Verb

dēclīnō ‎(present infinitive dēclīnāre, perfect active dēclīnāvī, supine dēclīnātum); first conjugation

1. I bend, turn aside/away, deflect.
2. (grammar) I inflect, decline.
3. I avoid

Inflection

Related terms

• dēclivis

Descendants

References

• declino in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• declino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “declino”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to turn aside from the right way; to deviate: de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically)
    
  • to digress from the point at issue: a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
    

Portuguese

Verb

declino

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of declinar

Spanish

Verb

declino

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of declinar.