ἐπι-κλίνω,
put to, shut a door: hence, in passive, once in [[ Hom., ἐπικεκλιμέναι σανίδες] Refs] closed doors, [[ Il. 12.121. ] Refs]
__II. bend towards, τὰ ὦτα ἐ. prick the ears, [[ X. “Cyn.” 6.15 ] Refs]; ἐ. αὑτὸν πρός τι lean against.., [[ Paus. 9.30.10; ξίφει ἑαυτήν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 19.11 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. τὸ στόμα pull it open, [[ Arist. “PA” 660b22:] Refs] —passive, κεραῖαι ἐπικεκλιμέναι spars leaning on the wall and inclined at an angle to it, [[ Th. 2.76. ] Refs]
__II.2. cause to incline, πρὸς ταῦτα τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.8.
__II.3. intransitive, lean upon, τοῖν χεροῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Amatores” 132b; incline towards, ἐπί τι 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.175; πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 400.
__II.4. = {ἐπικατακλίνω}, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.10.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III. in passive, lie over against or near, Σαλαμῖνος τᾶς ἐπικεκλιμένας ὄχθοις ἱεροῖς (i.e. of Attica), [[ E. “Tr.” 801 (Lyric poetry), cf. A.R. 2.418. ] Refs]
__IV. passive, also, recline upon, τύλῃ “AP” 11.14 [[ (Ammian.). ] Refs]