ἀνα-κλίνω,
poetry ἀγκλ-, (see. κλίνω) lean one thing upon another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας having laid it on the ground, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.113; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851b13] Refs 4th c.BC+]; cause to recline at table, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.4.5, NT.Luke.12.37 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]:—mostly in passive, lie, sink, or lean back, recline, ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.371] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of persons asleep, [[ 18.189] Refs]; of rowers, [[ 13.78 ] Refs]; of the elephant, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498a11] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be strung, of strings of lyre, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.10. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 passive, of ground, lie sloping upwards, [[ Gp. 2.3.1. ] Refs]
__II push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.156] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ᾽ ἐπιθεῖναι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.751, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 6] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 540a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]