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|lshtext=<b>in-clīno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [[clino]], [[clinatus]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[cause]] to [[lean]], [[bend]], [[incline]], [[turn]] a [[thing]] in [[any]] [[direction]]; to [[bend]] [[down]], [[bow]] a [[thing]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[vela]] contrahit malosque inclinat, Liv. 36, 44, 2: genua arenis, Ov. M. 11, 356: ([[rector]] maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae, id. ib. 11, 209: inclinato in dextrum capite, Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69: inclinata [[utrolibet]] [[cervix]], id. 1, 11, 9: pollice [[intus]] inclinato, id. 11, 3, 99: [[arbor]] Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas, Mart. 1, 77, 8: sic [[super]] Actaeas [[agilis]] Cyllenius arces Inclinat [[cursus]], Ov. M. 2, 721: at mihi non oculos [[quisquam]] inclinavit euntes, i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis): [[prius]] sol meridie se inclinavit, [[quam]], etc., i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.: inclinato jam in postmeridianum [[tempus]] [[die]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.— Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos, Quint. 11, 3, 132): ([[terra]]) inclinatur retroque recellit, bends [[down]], Lucr. 6, 573: saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis, Juv. 15, 63.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> In milit. lang., to [[cause]] to [[fall]] [[back]] or [[give]] [[way]]: ut [[Hostus]] cecidit, [[confestim]] Romana inclinatur [[acies]], i. e. loses [[ground]], retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3: tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit, id. 7, 33, 7: quasdam [[acies]] inclinatas jam et labantes, Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —<br /> <b>b</b> In gen., to [[turn]] [[back]], [[cause]] to [[move]] [[backward]]: [[septemtrio]] inclinatum [[stagnum]] [[eodem]] quo [[aestus]] ferebat, Liv. 26, 45, 8: cum [[primum]] aestu [[fretum]] inclinatum est, id. 29, 7, 2.—<br /> <b>c</b> In mal. [[part]]., to [[lie]] [[down]], [[stretch]] [[out]]: jam inclinabo me cum [[liberta]] tua, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7: [[quot]] discipulos inclinet [[Hamillus]], Juv. 10, 224: ipsos maritos, id. 9, 26.—<br /> <b>3</b> Transf., of [[color]], to [[incline]] to: colore ad [[aurum]] inclinato, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37: coloris in [[luteum]] inclinati, id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of a [[disease]], to [[abate]], [[diminish]]: [[morbus]] [[inclinatus]], Cels. 3, 2: [[febris]] se inclinat, id. ib. al.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[turn]] or [[incline]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: se ad Stoicos, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10: culpam in aliquem, to [[lay]] the [[blame]] [[upon]], Liv. 5, 8, 12: quo se [[fortuna]], [[eodem]] [[etiam]] [[favor]] hominum inclinat, Just. 5, 1 fin.: judicem inclinat [[miseratio]], moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14: haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc., Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.: [[quamquam]] inclinari [[opes]] ad Sabinos, rege [[inde]] sumpto videbantur, Liv. 1, 18, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[change]], [[alter]], and esp. for the [[worse]], to [[bring]] [[down]], [[abase]], [[cause]] to [[decline]]: se [[fortuna]] inclinaverat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3: omnia [[simul]] inclinante [[fortuna]], Liv. 33, 18, 1: ut me [[paululum]] inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt, to [[give]] [[way]], [[yield]], Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2: eloquentiam, Quint. 10, 1, 80.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[throw]] [[upon]], [[remove]], [[transfer]]: haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera, Liv. 1, 43, 9: omnia onera, quae communia [[quondam]] fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis, id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a [[word]] by a [[change]] of [[termination]] (postclass.): ([[vinosus]] aut [[vitiosus]]) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt, Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9: [[partim]] hoc in [[loco]] [[adverbium]] est, [[neque]] in [[casus]] inclinatur, id. 10, 13, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[bend]], [[turn]], [[incline]], [[decline]], [[sink]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit. ([[rare]], and not in Cic.): [[paulum]] inclinare [[necesse]] est corpora, Lucr. 2, 243: sol inclinat, Juv. 3, 316: inclinare meridiem [[sentis]], Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for [[which]]: sol se inclinavit, Liv. 9, 32, 6; v. [[above]] I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat [[dies]], Curt. 6, 11, 9.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., in milit. lang., to [[yield]], [[give]] [[way]]: ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent [[acies]], Liv. 7, 33, 7: in fugam, id. 34, 28 fin.: inclinantes jam legiones, Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[change]] for the [[worse]], [[turn]], [[fail]]: si [[fortuna]] belli inclinet, Liv. 3, 61, 5: [[inde]] initia magistratuum [[nostrum]] meliora [[ferme]], et [[finis]] inclinat, Tac. A. 15, 21. —<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., to [[incline]] to, be favorably disposed [[towards]] [[any]] [[thing]] (also in Cic.): si se dant et sua [[sponte]] quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: ecquid inclinent ad [[meum]] [[consilium]] adjuvandum, id. Att. 12, 29, 2: ad voluptatem audientium, Quint. 2, 10, 10: in stirpem regiam studiis, Curt. 10, 7, 12: [[amicus]] [[dulcis]], Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce ... inclinet, Hor. S. 1, 3, 71: cum [[sententia]] [[senatus]] inclinaret ad pacem cum [[Pyrrho]] foedusque faciendum, Cic. de Sen. 6, 16: [[color]] ad [[crocum]] inclinans, Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia [[repente]] ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in [[favor]] of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut: ut belli [[causa]] dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat [[animus]], Liv. 7, 9, 5: multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut [[tempus]] pugnae differretur, id. 27, 46, 7: hos ut sequar inclinat [[animus]], id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.: inclinavit [[sententia]], suum in Thessaliam [[agmen]] demittere, Liv. 32, 13, 5: inclinavit [[sententia]] universos [[ire]], id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.: consules ad patrum causam inclinati, Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.: inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus, Tac. H. 1, 81: inclinatis ad credendum animis, Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1: ad paenitentiam, id. ib. 2, 45. —<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., to [[change]], [[alter]] from its [[former]] [[condition]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): inclinant jam fata ducum, [[change]], Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Bent [[down]], [[sunken]]: [[senectus]], Calp. 5, 13; of the [[voice]], [[low]], [[deep]]: vox, Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.: inclinata ululantique voce [[more]] Asiatico canere, id. ib. 8, 27. —<br /> <b>B</b> Inclined, disposed, [[prone]] to [[any]] [[thing]]: [[plebs]] [[ante]] inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat, Liv. 23, 46, 3: [[plebs]] ad regem Macedonasque, id. 42, 30, 1: ipsius imperatoris [[animus]] ad pacem inclinatior erat, id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—<br /> <b>C</b> Sunken, [[fallen]], deteriorated: ab excitata [[fortuna]] ad inclinatam et [[prope]] jacentem desciscere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1: copiae, Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.: rerum inclinata ferre, i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119. | |lshtext=<b>in-clīno</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [[clino]], [[clinatus]].<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[cause]] to [[lean]], [[bend]], [[incline]], [[turn]] a [[thing]] in [[any]] [[direction]]; to [[bend]] [[down]], [[bow]] a [[thing]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[vela]] contrahit malosque inclinat, Liv. 36, 44, 2: genua arenis, Ov. M. 11, 356: ([[rector]] maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae, id. ib. 11, 209: inclinato in dextrum capite, Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69: inclinata [[utrolibet]] [[cervix]], id. 1, 11, 9: pollice [[intus]] inclinato, id. 11, 3, 99: [[arbor]] Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas, Mart. 1, 77, 8: sic [[super]] Actaeas [[agilis]] Cyllenius arces Inclinat [[cursus]], Ov. M. 2, 721: at mihi non oculos [[quisquam]] inclinavit euntes, i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis): [[prius]] sol meridie se inclinavit, [[quam]], etc., i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.: inclinato jam in postmeridianum [[tempus]] [[die]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.— Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos, Quint. 11, 3, 132): ([[terra]]) inclinatur retroque recellit, bends [[down]], Lucr. 6, 573: saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis, Juv. 15, 63.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> In milit. lang., to [[cause]] to [[fall]] [[back]] or [[give]] [[way]]: ut [[Hostus]] cecidit, [[confestim]] Romana inclinatur [[acies]], i. e. loses [[ground]], retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3: tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit, id. 7, 33, 7: quasdam [[acies]] inclinatas jam et labantes, Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —<br /> <b>b</b> In gen., to [[turn]] [[back]], [[cause]] to [[move]] [[backward]]: [[septemtrio]] inclinatum [[stagnum]] [[eodem]] quo [[aestus]] ferebat, Liv. 26, 45, 8: cum [[primum]] aestu [[fretum]] inclinatum est, id. 29, 7, 2.—<br /> <b>c</b> In mal. [[part]]., to [[lie]] [[down]], [[stretch]] [[out]]: jam inclinabo me cum [[liberta]] tua, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7: [[quot]] discipulos inclinet [[Hamillus]], Juv. 10, 224: ipsos maritos, id. 9, 26.—<br /> <b>3</b> Transf., of [[color]], to [[incline]] to: colore ad [[aurum]] inclinato, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37: coloris in [[luteum]] inclinati, id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—<br /> <b>4</b> Of a [[disease]], to [[abate]], [[diminish]]: [[morbus]] [[inclinatus]], Cels. 3, 2: [[febris]] se inclinat, id. ib. al.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> In gen., to [[turn]] or [[incline]] a [[person]] or [[thing]] in [[any]] [[direction]]: se ad Stoicos, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10: culpam in aliquem, to [[lay]] the [[blame]] [[upon]], Liv. 5, 8, 12: quo se [[fortuna]], [[eodem]] [[etiam]] [[favor]] hominum inclinat, Just. 5, 1 fin.: judicem inclinat [[miseratio]], moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14: haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc., Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.: [[quamquam]] inclinari [[opes]] ad Sabinos, rege [[inde]] sumpto videbantur, Liv. 1, 18, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic.<br /> <b>a</b> To [[change]], [[alter]], and esp. for the [[worse]], to [[bring]] [[down]], [[abase]], [[cause]] to [[decline]]: se [[fortuna]] inclinaverat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3: omnia [[simul]] inclinante [[fortuna]], Liv. 33, 18, 1: ut me [[paululum]] inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt, to [[give]] [[way]], [[yield]], Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2: eloquentiam, Quint. 10, 1, 80.—<br /> <b>b</b> To [[throw]] [[upon]], [[remove]], [[transfer]]: haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera, Liv. 1, 43, 9: omnia onera, quae communia [[quondam]] fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis, id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a [[word]] by a [[change]] of [[termination]] (postclass.): ([[vinosus]] aut [[vitiosus]]) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt, Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9: [[partim]] hoc in [[loco]] [[adverbium]] est, [[neque]] in [[casus]] inclinatur, id. 10, 13, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[bend]], [[turn]], [[incline]], [[decline]], [[sink]].<br /> <b>A</b> Lit. ([[rare]], and not in Cic.): [[paulum]] inclinare [[necesse]] est corpora, Lucr. 2, 243: sol inclinat, Juv. 3, 316: inclinare meridiem [[sentis]], Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for [[which]]: sol se inclinavit, Liv. 9, 32, 6; v. [[above]] I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat [[dies]], Curt. 6, 11, 9.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., in milit. lang., to [[yield]], [[give]] [[way]]: ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent [[acies]], Liv. 7, 33, 7: in fugam, id. 34, 28 fin.: inclinantes jam legiones, Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—<br /> <b>3</b> To [[change]] for the [[worse]], [[turn]], [[fail]]: si [[fortuna]] belli inclinet, Liv. 3, 61, 5: [[inde]] initia magistratuum [[nostrum]] meliora [[ferme]], et [[finis]] inclinat, Tac. A. 15, 21. —<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., to [[incline]] to, be favorably disposed [[towards]] [[any]] [[thing]] (also in Cic.): si se dant et sua [[sponte]] quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: ecquid inclinent ad [[meum]] [[consilium]] adjuvandum, id. Att. 12, 29, 2: ad voluptatem audientium, Quint. 2, 10, 10: in stirpem regiam studiis, Curt. 10, 7, 12: [[amicus]] [[dulcis]], Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce ... inclinet, Hor. S. 1, 3, 71: cum [[sententia]] [[senatus]] inclinaret ad pacem cum [[Pyrrho]] foedusque faciendum, Cic. de Sen. 6, 16: [[color]] ad [[crocum]] inclinans, Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia [[repente]] ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in [[favor]] of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut: ut belli [[causa]] dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat [[animus]], Liv. 7, 9, 5: multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut [[tempus]] pugnae differretur, id. 27, 46, 7: hos ut sequar inclinat [[animus]], id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.: inclinavit [[sententia]], suum in Thessaliam [[agmen]] demittere, Liv. 32, 13, 5: inclinavit [[sententia]] universos [[ire]], id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.: consules ad patrum causam inclinati, Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.: inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus, Tac. H. 1, 81: inclinatis ad credendum animis, Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1: ad paenitentiam, id. ib. 2, 45. —<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., to [[change]], [[alter]] from its [[former]] [[condition]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): inclinant jam fata ducum, [[change]], Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.<br /> <b>A</b> Bent [[down]], [[sunken]]: [[senectus]], Calp. 5, 13; of the [[voice]], [[low]], [[deep]]: vox, Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.: inclinata ululantique voce [[more]] Asiatico canere, id. ib. 8, 27. —<br /> <b>B</b> Inclined, disposed, [[prone]] to [[any]] [[thing]]: [[plebs]] [[ante]] inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat, Liv. 23, 46, 3: [[plebs]] ad regem Macedonasque, id. 42, 30, 1: ipsius imperatoris [[animus]] ad pacem inclinatior erat, id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—<br /> <b>C</b> Sunken, [[fallen]], deteriorated: ab excitata [[fortuna]] ad inclinatam et [[prope]] jacentem desciscere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1: copiae, Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.: rerum inclinata ferre, i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119. | ||
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|gf=<b>inclīnō</b>,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre (cf. [[κλίνω]]).<br /> <b>I</b> tr.,<br /><b>1</b> faire pencher, incliner, baisser : malos Liv. 36, 44, 2, baisser les mâts ; genua Ov. M. 11, 356, fléchir les genoux<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] faire changer de direction, tourner : se ad Stoicos Cic. Fin. 3, 10, se tourner vers les Stoïciens ; [[aliquid]] ad [[commodum]] causæ Cic. Inv. 1, 31, tourner qqch. à l’avantage de la cause qu’on défend ; culpam in aliquem Liv. 5, 8, 12, faire retomber une faute sur qqn ; [[onera]] in aliquem Liv. 1, 47, 12, faire porter les charges à qqn ; hæc animum inclinant ut credam Liv. 29, 33, 10, [[cette]] situation m’incline à croire... || [[fortuna]] se inclinaverat Cæs. C. 1, 52, 3, la fortune avait tourné<br /><b>3</b> [gramm.] <b> a)</b> former par flexion : Gell. 4, 9, 12 ; 18, 5, 9 ; <b> b)</b> in [[casus]] inclinari Gell. 10, 13, 1, se décliner<br /><b>4</b> faire pencher d’un côté ou d’un autre, amener un dénouement : inclinandam fortunæ rem dare Liv. 3, 61, 14, s’en remettre à la fortune du soin de décider ; inclinata [[res]] [[est]] Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3, l’affaire penche d’un côté, [[est]] près du dénouement || [en part.] faire pencher du mauvais côté : [[omnia]] inclinante [[fortuna]] Liv. 33, 18, la fortune contraire faisant partout pencher la balance<br /><b>5</b> se inclinare et surtout inclinari <b> a)</b> baisser, décliner, [en parl. du soleil, du jour] : Liv. 9, 32, 6 ; Cic. Tusc. 3, 7 ; [d’une maladie] Cels. Med. 3, 2, etc. ; <b> b)</b> fléchir, lâcher pied : inclinatur [[acies]] Liv. 1, 12, 3, l’armée fléchit.<br /> <b>II</b> intr.,<br /><b>1</b> dévier de la verticale : Lucr. 2, 243<br /><b>2</b> baisser, [en parl. du soleil] : Hor. O. 3, 28, 5 || incliner : in vesperam inclinat [[dies]] Curt. 6, 11, 9, le jour incline vers le soir<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] incliner, pencher : inclinant ad [[meum]] [[consilium]] adjuvandum Cic. Att. 12, 29, 2, ils inclinent à seconder mon dessein ; [[sententia]] [[senatus]] inclinat ad fœdus faciendum Cic. CM 16, l’[[avis]] du sénat penche pour la conclusion d’un traité ; [avec in acc.] Curt. 10, 7, 12 || [avec prop. inf.] : inclinavit [[sententia]] universos [[ire]] Liv. 28, 25, 15, l’[[avis]] prévalut d’une démarche [[commune]] || [avec ut subj.] : ut arbitrer..., inclinat [[animus]] Liv. 7, 9, 5, j’incline à penser..., cf. Liv. 1, 24, 2 ; inclinavit [[sententia]] ut Liv. 32, 13, 5, il se décida à... ; multorum eo inclinabant sententiæ, ut Liv. 27, 46, 7, l’[[avis]] de beaucoup inclinait à... || dévier : Tac. Ann. 15, 21 ; si [[fortuna]] belli inclinet Liv. 3, 61, 5 [cf. I § 2 fin], si le sort de la guerre tournait. | |||
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in-clīno: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. clino, clinatus.
I Act., to cause to lean, bend, incline, turn a thing in any direction; to bend down, bow a thing.
A Lit.
1 In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): vela contrahit malosque inclinat, Liv. 36, 44, 2: genua arenis, Ov. M. 11, 356: (rector maris) omnes Inclinavit aquas ad avarae litora Trojae, id. ib. 11, 209: inclinato in dextrum capite, Quint. 11, 3, 119; id. ib. 69: inclinata utrolibet cervix, id. 1, 11, 9: pollice intus inclinato, id. 11, 3, 99: arbor Inclinat varias pondere nigra comas, Mart. 1, 77, 8: sic super Actaeas agilis Cyllenius arces Inclinat cursus, Ov. M. 2, 721: at mihi non oculos quisquam inclinavit euntes, i. e. closed my sinking eyes, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 23 (Müll. inclamavit euntis): prius sol meridie se inclinavit, quam, etc., i. e. declined, Liv. 9, 32, 6; cf.: inclinato jam in postmeridianum tempus die, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7.— Mid.: inclinari ad judicem (opp. reclinari ad suos, Quint. 11, 3, 132): (terra) inclinatur retroque recellit, bends down, Lucr. 6, 573: saxa inclinatis per humum quaesita lacertis, Juv. 15, 63.—
2 In partic.
a In milit. lang., to cause to fall back or give way: ut Hostus cecidit, confestim Romana inclinatur acies, i. e. loses ground, retreats, Liv. 1, 12, 3: tum inclinari rem in fugam apparuit, id. 7, 33, 7: quasdam acies inclinatas jam et labantes, Tac. G. 8; cf. under II. —
b In gen., to turn back, cause to move backward: septemtrio inclinatum stagnum eodem quo aestus ferebat, Liv. 26, 45, 8: cum primum aestu fretum inclinatum est, id. 29, 7, 2.—
c In mal. part., to lie down, stretch out: jam inclinabo me cum liberta tua, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 7: quot discipulos inclinet Hamillus, Juv. 10, 224: ipsos maritos, id. 9, 26.—
3 Transf., of color, to incline to: colore ad aurum inclinato, Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37: coloris in luteum inclinati, id. 24, 15, 86, § 136.—
4 Of a disease, to abate, diminish: morbus inclinatus, Cels. 3, 2: febris se inclinat, id. ib. al.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., to turn or incline a person or thing in any direction: se ad Stoicos, Cic. Fin. 3, 3, 10: culpam in aliquem, to lay the blame upon, Liv. 5, 8, 12: quo se fortuna, eodem etiam favor hominum inclinat, Just. 5, 1 fin.: judicem inclinat miseratio, moves, Quint. 4, 1, 14: haec animum inclinant, ut credam, etc., Liv. 29, 33, 10.—Mid.: quamquam inclinari opes ad Sabinos, rege inde sumpto videbantur, Liv. 1, 18, 5.—
2 In partic.
a To change, alter, and esp. for the worse, to bring down, abase, cause to decline: se fortuna inclinaverat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52, 3: omnia simul inclinante fortuna, Liv. 33, 18, 1: ut me paululum inclinari timore viderunt, sic impulerunt, to give way, yield, Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2: eloquentiam, Quint. 10, 1, 80.—
b To throw upon, remove, transfer: haec omnia in dites a pauperibus inclinata onera, Liv. 1, 43, 9: omnia onera, quae communia quondam fuerint, inclinasse in primores civitatis, id. 1, 47, 12.—In gram., to form or inflect a word by a change of termination (postclass.): (vinosus aut vitiosus) a vocabulis, non a verbo inclinata sunt, Gell. 3, 12, 3; 4, 9, 12; 18, 5, 9: partim hoc in loco adverbium est, neque in casus inclinatur, id. 10, 13, 1.—
II Neutr., to bend, turn, incline, decline, sink.
A Lit. (rare, and not in Cic.): paulum inclinare necesse est corpora, Lucr. 2, 243: sol inclinat, Juv. 3, 316: inclinare meridiem sentis, Hor. C. 3, 28, 5 (for which: sol se inclinavit, Liv. 9, 32, 6; v. above I. A. 1.): in vesperam inclinabat dies, Curt. 6, 11, 9.—
2 In partic., in milit. lang., to yield, give way: ita conflixerunt, ut aliquamdin in neutram partem inclinarent acies, Liv. 7, 33, 7: in fugam, id. 34, 28 fin.: inclinantes jam legiones, Tac. A. 1, 64; id. H. 3, 83.—
3 To change for the worse, turn, fail: si fortuna belli inclinet, Liv. 3, 61, 5: inde initia magistratuum nostrum meliora ferme, et finis inclinat, Tac. A. 15, 21. —
B Trop., to incline to, be favorably disposed towards any thing (also in Cic.): si se dant et sua sponte quo impellimus, inclinant et propendent, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: ecquid inclinent ad meum consilium adjuvandum, id. Att. 12, 29, 2: ad voluptatem audientium, Quint. 2, 10, 10: in stirpem regiam studiis, Curt. 10, 7, 12: amicus dulcis, Cum mea compenset vitiis bona, pluribus hisce ... inclinet, Hor. S. 1, 3, 71: cum sententia senatus inclinaret ad pacem cum Pyrrho foedusque faciendum, Cic. de Sen. 6, 16: color ad crocum inclinans, Plin. 27, 12, 105, § 128: omnia repente ad Romanos inclinaverunt. turned in favor of, Liv. 26, 40, 14. — With ut: ut belli causa dictatorem creatum arbitrer, inclinat animus, Liv. 7, 9, 5: multorum eo inclinabant sententiae, ut tempus pugnae differretur, id. 27, 46, 7: hos ut sequar inclinat animus, id. 1, 24, 2. — With inf.: inclinavit sententia, suum in Thessaliam agmen demittere, Liv. 32, 13, 5: inclinavit sententia universos ire, id. 28, 25, 15; cf. id. 22, 57, 11.— Pass.: consules ad patrum causam inclinati, Liv. 3, 65, 2; cf.: inclinatis ad suspicionem mentibus, Tac. H. 1, 81: inclinatis ad credendum animis, Liv. 1, 51, 7; Tac. H. 2, 1: ad paenitentiam, id. ib. 2, 45. —
2 In partic., to change, alter from its former condition (very rare): inclinant jam fata ducum, change, Luc. 3, 752. — Hence, in-clīnātus, a, um, P. a.
A Bent down, sunken: senectus, Calp. 5, 13; of the voice, low, deep: vox, Cic. Or. 17, 56; cf.: inclinata ululantique voce more Asiatico canere, id. ib. 8, 27. —
B Inclined, disposed, prone to any thing: plebs ante inclinatior ad Poenos fuerat, Liv. 23, 46, 3: plebs ad regem Macedonasque, id. 42, 30, 1: ipsius imperatoris animus ad pacem inclinatior erat, id. 34, 33, 9; Tac. H. 1, 81.—
C Sunken, fallen, deteriorated: ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscere, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1: copiae, Nep. Pelop. 5, 4.—In neutr. plur. subst.: rerum inclinata ferre, i. e. troubles, misfortunes, Sil. 6, 119.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
inclīnō,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre (cf. κλίνω).
I tr.,
1 faire pencher, incliner, baisser : malos Liv. 36, 44, 2, baisser les mâts ; genua Ov. M. 11, 356, fléchir les genoux
2 [fig.] faire changer de direction, tourner : se ad Stoicos Cic. Fin. 3, 10, se tourner vers les Stoïciens ; aliquid ad commodum causæ Cic. Inv. 1, 31, tourner qqch. à l’avantage de la cause qu’on défend ; culpam in aliquem Liv. 5, 8, 12, faire retomber une faute sur qqn ; onera in aliquem Liv. 1, 47, 12, faire porter les charges à qqn ; hæc animum inclinant ut credam Liv. 29, 33, 10, cette situation m’incline à croire...
