ἔγ-κλῐσις,εως,ἡ,
A. inclination,ἔ. λαβεῖν, of the earth, D.L. 2.9 , cf. Pl. Amat. 132b ; of the ecliptic (ὁ λοξὸς κύκλος), Arist. GC 336b4 ; of ground, ἔ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἕω
Id. Pol. 1330a39
; εἰς νότον
Porph. Antr. 26
; ἐγκλίσεις τῆς κεφαλῆς εἰς τὰ δεξιά
Arist. Phgn. 808a13
; ἐ. σχημάτων τριγώνων
Onos. 10.28
(pl.);ἐ. δορατίου, in signalling, Id. 26.1 .
2. the inclinationorslope, as of a wave, κατὰ τὴν ἔ. σκιασθῆναι
Arist. Col. 792a22
.
3. Medic.,displacement, Hp. Fract. 39 (pl.): generally,ὄγκωνcj. in Epicur. Ep. 1p.14U.
4. modulationof a singer's voice, D.Chr. 32.49 .