ἀνακλίνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. [[ἀγκλίνω]], (v. [[κλίνω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον</b>, 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.''HA''498a11; to be [[strung]], of strings of lyre, Philostr.''Im.''1.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., of ground, [[lie sloping upwards]], Gp.2.3.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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; <b class="b3">τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ.</b>, i.e. the trap-door, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 5.16.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[throw]] the head [[back]], and so, [[lift up]], τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 540a.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[overthrow]], of earthquake, compared to batteringram, Paus.7.24.10.