ἀνακλίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. ἀγκλ-, (v. [[κλίνω]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lean]] one thing [[upon]] another, [<b class="b3">τόξον] ποτὶ γαίῃ ἀγκλίνας</b> [[having laid]] it on the ground, <span class="bibl">Il.4.113</span>; Ἔρως ἀνακλίνας τοῦ τόξου τὸν πῆχυν <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον</b>, of sailors struggling against the wind, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span> 851b13</span>; [[cause to recline]] at table, <span class="bibl">Plb.31.4.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>12.37</span>:—mostly in Pass., [[lie]], [[sink]], or [[lean back]], [[recline]], ἀνακλινθεὶς πέσεν ὕπτιος <span class="bibl">Od. 9.371</span>; of persons asleep, <span class="bibl">18.189</span>; of rowers, <span class="bibl">13.78</span>; of the elephant, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>498a11</span>; to be [[strung]], of strings of lyre, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., of ground, [[lie sloping upwards]], <span class="bibl">Gp.2.3.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[push]] or [[put back]], and so, [[open]], θύρην ἀγκλίνας <span class="bibl">Od.22.156</span>; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδ' ἐπιθεῖναι <span class="bibl">Il.5.751</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ</b>., i. e. the trap-door, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[throw]] the head [[back]], and so, [[lift up]], τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>540a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[overthrow]], of earthquake, compared to batteringram, <span class="bibl">Paus.7.24.10</span>.</span>