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κλίνω [ῑ],
future κλῐνῶ [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 557, (ἐγκατα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 621 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔκλῑνα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.37, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect κέκλῐκα [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἐκλινάμην [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.340, etc.:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, future κλῐθήσομαι συγ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1090, (κατα-) 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 8 “fragment” 19] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future 2 κατα-κλῐνήσομαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 98, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 222e, also κεκλίσομαι uncertain in 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 22.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐκλίθην [ῐ] [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.470, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 101 (Lyric poetry), 1226, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 211 (_anapaest meter_), frequently in Prose; poetry also ἐκλίνθην, see below 11.1, 2, 3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἐκλίνην [ῐ] only in compounds, κατακλῐνῆναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1208, 1211, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.15, etc.; ξυγκατακλῐνείς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 981: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect κέκλῐμαι (see. below); infinitive κεκλίσθαι [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 325.3, but κεκλίνθαι variant [prev. work] 47.1. (κλῐ-ν-yω] Refs 2nd c.AD+], for. root κλῐ: κλει-, compare κλειτύ; Sanskrit śráyati 'cause to lean', 'support', Latin clinare, clivus.):—cause to lean, make to slope or slant, ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τάλαντα Ζεύς when he inclines or turns the scale, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.223 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Τρῶας δ᾽ ἔκλιναν Δαναοί made them give way,[[ 5.37, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.59; ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ἔκλινε μάχην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.510; ἔκλινε γὰρ κέρας.. ἡμῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 704; also ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε.. κλῇθρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1262:] Refs 8th c.BC+] — middle, Περσῶν κλινάμενοι [δύναμιν] [[ “IG” 12.763. ] Refs]
Close Browse lexicon entries __2 make one thing slope against another, i.e. lean, rest it, τι πρός τι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.171, compare 510; ἅρματα δ᾽ ἔκλιναν πρὸς ἐνώπια 8.435: with _dative_, ἔστησαν σάκε᾽ ὤμοισι κλίναντες] Refs 8th c.BC+], i.e. raising their shields so that the upper rim rested on their shoulders, [[ 11.593. ] Refs]
__3 turn aside, μηκέτι τοῦδε βήματος ἔξω πόδα κλίνῃς [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 193 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄσσε πάλιν κλίνασα having turned back her eyes, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.427 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰς ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν [φλέβας] ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ κ. turn to.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 77e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 make another recline, ἐν κλίνῃ κλῖναί τινας make them lie down at table, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.16; κλῖνόν μ᾽ ἐς εὐνήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 227; κλίνατ᾽, οὐ σθένω ποσίν [prev. author] Alcaeus267 (Lyric poetry): _metaphorically_, ἡμέρα κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν ἅπαντα τἀνθρώπεια] Refs 5th c.BC+] puts to rest, lays low, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 131. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 in Magic, make subservient, ψυχήν [[ “PMag.Par.” 1.1718. ] Refs]
__6 Grammars, inflect, τὰ ῥήματα [[ 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 212.20 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [[ [prev. author] “Pron.” 12.7. ] Refs]
__II passive, lean, ἂψ δ᾽ ὁ πάϊς πρὸς κόλπον ἐϋζώνοιο τιθήνης ἐκλίνθη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.467 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ δ᾽ ἐκλίνθη, καὶ ἀλεύατο κῆρα μέλαιναν he bent aside, [[ 7.254 ] Refs]; of a brasen foot-pan, ἂψ δ᾽ ἑτέρωσ᾽ ἐκλίθη it was tipped over, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.470 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of battle, turn, ἐκλίνθη δὲ μάχη [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 711 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a body in equilibrium, οὐδαμόσε κλιθῆναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109a, compare 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1.8, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 lean, stay oneself upon or against a thing, with dative, ἀσπίσι κεκλιμένοι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.135 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κίονι, κλισμῷ κεκλιμένη, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.307, 17.97; ἠέρι δ᾽ ἔγχος ἐκέκλιτο καὶ ταχἔ ἵππω 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.356 (assuming variant); ἐν δορὶ κεκλιμένος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (also in middle, κλινάμενος σταθμῷ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.340); κεκλιμένοι καλῇσιν ἐπάλξεσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.3; πρὸς τοῖχον ἐκλίνθησαν 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 34; ξύλα ἐς ἄλληλα κεκλιμένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.73 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅταν τύχωσι (i.e. αἱ ἄτομοἰ τῇ περιπλοκῇ κεκλιμέναι when they chance to be propped (i.e. checked) by the interlacing with others, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.8U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 lie down, fall, ἐν νεκύεσσι κλινθήτην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.350, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; παραὶ λεχέεσσι κλιθῆναι lie beside her on the bed, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.213, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1226 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in perfect, to be laid, lie, ἔντεα.. παρ᾽ αὐτοῖσι χθονὶ κέκλιτο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.472 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φύλλων κεκλιμένων of fallen leaves, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.194 (φύλλα κεκλ. in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.9.2 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], slanting leaves); Ληθαίῳ κεκλιμένη πεδίῳ [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1216 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Ἀλφεοῦ πόρῳ κλιθείς laid by Alpheus' stream, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.92 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται has fallen on her knee, i.e.is humbled, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 931 (Lyric poetry); ὑπτία κλίνομαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1188; τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐρρήγνυτο τὸ τεῖχος, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ ἐκλίνετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.5; οὐ νούσῳ.. οὐδ᾽ ὑπὸ δυσμενέων δούρατι κεκλίμεθα “Anthologia Graeca” 7.493 (Antip. Thess.), compare 315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus), 488 (3rd c.BC: Mnasalcas Epigrammaticus), Epic. “Oxy.” 214r.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 recline at meals, κλιθέντες ἐδαίνυντο [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.211, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 543, “SIG” 1023.48 (Cos, 3rd-2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλίθητι καὶ πίωμεν conjecture in [[ “Comica Adespota” 1203, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 691. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 of Places, lie sloping towards the sea, etc., lie near, ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.235; [νῆσοι] αἵ θ᾽ ἁλὶ κεκλίαται (_Epic dialect_ for κέκλινται) 4.608 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, of persons, lie on, live on or by, [Ὀρέσβιος] λίμνῃ κεκλιμένος Κηφισίδι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.709; ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσης κεκλίαται 16.68, compare 15.740; δισσαῖσιν ἀπείροις κλιθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 101 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλευρὰ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς κεκλιμένη, τὸ εἰς τὰς ἄρκτους κ., [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.4, 1.42.5; ὄρος Κοῖον ὃ κέκλιται πρὸς Παρνασσόν “SIG” 826 E iii 37 (Delph., 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.6 metaphorically, τῷδε μέλει κλιθείς having devoted himself to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (also in active, incline towards, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους κεκλικότων [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.13.2). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.7 wander from the right course, κεκλιμένη ναῦς [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 856. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__III middle, decline, wane, καὶ κλίνεται (i.e. τὸ ἦμαρ) [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 255.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV intransitive in active, κ. πρὸς τὸ ξανθὸν χρῶμα incline towards.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 812b3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κλίνοντος ὑπὸ ζόφον ἠελίοιο as the sun was declining, [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.452 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἅμα τῷ κλῖναι τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς νυκτός as it came to an end, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.93.7; ἡ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν NT.Luke.9.12; ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ἔκλινεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.13; τὸ κλῖνον ἀναλήμψεσθαι “PFay.” 20.14 (3rd-4th c.AD). ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__IV.2 of soldiers, κ. ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, ἐπὶ δόρυ, turn to left, to right, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.9, etc.; κ. πρὸς φυγήν [prev. author] 1.27.8 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also, wheel, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 10.4. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
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