ἀνακλίνω

English (LSJ)

poet. ἀγκλ-, (v. κλίνω)

   A lean one thing upon another, [τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας having laid it on the ground, Il.4.113; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν Philostr.Im.2.1; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, of sailors struggling against the wind, Arist.Mech. 851b13; cause to recline at table, Plb.31.4.5, Ev.Luc.12.37:—mostly in Pass., lie, sink, or lean back, recline, ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος Od. 9.371; of persons asleep, 18.189; of rowers, 13.78; of the elephant, Arist.HA498a11; to be strung, of strings of lyre, Philostr.Im.1.10.    2 Pass., of ground, lie sloping upwards, Gp.2.3.1.    II push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας Od.22.156; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναι Il.5.751, cf. Call.Ap.6; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, Hdt. 5.16.    III throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν Pl.R.540a.    IV overthrow, of earthquake, compared to batteringram, Paus.7.24.10.