ἀπό-κλῐσις,εως,ἡ,
A. slope,
Cleom. 1.1 , Ph. 1.459 .
II. turning off, decline,of fortune, Plu. 2.611a ; of disease, Gal. 7.424 , Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.98 .
III. stooping, descent,
Plu. 2.970d ; of the sun, Id. Aem. 17 ; of a ship,rolling,
Id. Pomp. 47 (pl.); of a crowd,swaying to and fro,
Id. Pyrrh. 33 .
IV. Astrol.,passing away fromaκέντρον,
Vett.Val. 57.14 .
V. turning aside,
Corn. Rh. p.384H.