ἀκλῐνής, ές,
lending to neither side, unswerving, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109a; πρὸς τὸ δίκαιον Nic.Dam. p.144D.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; impartial, ἀκοαί[[ “POxy.” 904.9 (V 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; regular, ἀκλινέων καλάμων[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 10.11 (1st c.BC(?): Satyrus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+], etc.: in Mathematics texts, without inclination, of a perpendicular, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.132F.] Refs 5th c.AD+]; horizontal, of a plane, [[ 3rd c.AD(?): Pappus Mathematicus 1048.2, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Dioptra” 19: Musicius Epigrammaticus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+], fixed, of notes in scale, [[ 3rd-4th c.AD(?): Alypius Musicus 4] Refs 3rd c.AD+]: in Medicine texts, persistent, πυρετοί[[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.20.24] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. adverb -νῶς[[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.669] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ionic dialect -νέως[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.54 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, steadfast, steady, φιλία[[ [prev. work] 12.158 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ὁμολογία NT.Heb.10.23; ψυχή 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 33] NT+1st c.BC+]; unmoved, tranquil, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 35.11, +others] Refs 4th c.AD+]