decline (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Falling off1. dēflectio2. dēmĭnūtio, immĭnūtioII. Consumption • decline (subs.): I. Falling off: 1. dēflectio: d. of strength, virium d, Cic. 2. dēmĭnūtio, immĭnūtio: v. diminution, decay. Phr.: the power of Pompey was on the d., *Pompeius in dies minor fieri: to cause a d. in the price of corn, annonam laxare, levare, Cic.; pretia frugum levare, Tac.: he said he was in the d. of life, dixit suam aetatem vergere, Tac.: a woman in the d. of life, vergens annis femina, Tac.: the d. and fall of the commonwealth, occasus interitusque reipublicae, Cic. II. Consumption: tābes, phthĭsis: v. consumption.