lean

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. κλίνειν, ἐρείδειν (Plato, Timaeus 43E, but rare P.); see bend, support.

verb intransitive

P. κλίνεσθαι, ἀποκλίνειν, P. and V. ῥέπειν.

stoop: Ar. and P. κύπτειν.

lean forward: verb transitive, V. προβάλλειν; verb intransitive, P. προνεύειν, Ar. προκύπτειν.

lean on: P. ἐπικλίνεσθαι (absol.).

support oneself on: Ar. and P. ἐπερείδεσθαι (dat.), P. ἀπερείδεσθαι (dat.);

Met., trust to: P. and V. πιστεύω, πιστεύειν (dat.), πείθεσθαι (dat.), πεποιθέναι (dat.), (2nd perf. of πείθειν).

lean towards, be inclined to: P. and V. ῥέπειν (πρός, acc., εἰς, acc. or ἐπί; acc.), P. ἀποκλίνειν πρός (acc.).

tend towards: P. and V. τείνειν εἰς (acc.).

lean upon: see lean on.

adjective

Ar. and P. ἰσχνός, λεπτός.

withered: P. and V. ξηρός.