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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• decline:
  1. A. Intrans.:
    1. I. To incline from the perpendicular:
      1. 1. dēclīno, 1: Lucr. 2, 221 (for which he has just before used spatio decedere).
      2. 2. inclīno, vergo: v. to incline.
    2. II. Fig.: of day, noon, etc.: to begin to go down or end:
      1. 1. inclīno, 1 (with pron. refl. or as pass.: also intrans.): day having d.d towards afternoon, inclinato (flexo, Tac.) in post-meridianum tempus die, Cic.: day had d.d before, etc., prius sol se meridie inclinavit, quam, etc., Liv.: thou see'st the noon d., inclinare meridiem sentis, Hor.
      2. 2. dēcresco, crēvi, 3: when day is d.ing, decrescente die, Plin.
      3. 3. vergo, 3: Suet.: v. to incline.
    3. III. To decay: sĕnesco, dēmĭnuor or mĭnŭor, dēfĭcio: v. to decay, deteriorate.
    4. IV. To abate; esp. of prices:
      1. 1. laxo, 1: the price of corn had d.d, annona laxaverat, Liv.
      2. 2. mĭnŭor, ūtus, 3: the price of corn d.d, frumenti pretium minutum, Tac.
      3. 3. lĕvo, 1 (with pron. refl.): cf. Cic. Mil. 27, 72.
  2. B. Trans.:
    1. I. To refuse:
      1. 1. rĕnŭo, rĕnŭi, 3 (prop. by a gesture): to d. a banquet, convivium r., Cic.
      2. 2. dētrecto, 1: esp. in phr., to d. battle, pugnam detrectare, Liv.
      3. 3. rĕcūso, 1: to d. the friendship of the Roman people, populi Romani amicitiam r., Caes.: v. to refuse. Phr.: to d. (a gift) politely, "benigne" respondere, Hor.
    2. II. To inflect:
      1. 1. dēclīno, 1: Charis.
      2. 2. flecto, xi, xum, 3: Varr.