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|auten=aor. ἔκλῖνα, κλῖναν, [[pass]]. aor. (ἐ）κλίνθη, ἐκλίθη, perf. 3 pl. [[κεκλίαται]], κεκλιμένος, plup. κέκλιτο, [[mid]]. aor. [[part]]. κλῖνάμενος: I. [[act]]., [[make]] to [[slope]] or [[incline]], [[lean]] [[one]] [[thing]] [[against]] [[another]], τινί τι, or [[πρός]] τι, Λ, Od. 22.121; of [[turning]] [[away]] the eyes, Il. 3.427; [[turning]] the [[tide]] of [[battle]] (μάχην, inclinare pugnam), Il. 14.510, and esp. [[put]] to [[flight]], Il. 5.37, Od. 9.59.—II. [[pass]]., [[bend]] [[oneself]], [[sink]] or [[lie]] down; ἐκλίνθη καὶ ἀλεύατορα, ἑτέρωσ' ἐκλίνθη [[κάρη]], κλίνθη [[κεκμηώς]], Il. 3.360, Ν, Il. 23.232; be supported, [[lean]] [[against]], τινί, Λ 3, Od. 6.307, [[mid]]., Od. 17.340.

|strgr=a [[primary]] [[verb]]; to slant or [[slope]], i.e. [[incline]] or [[recline]] ([[literally]] or [[figuratively]]): [[bow]] (down), be [[far]] spent, [[lay]], [[turn]] to [[flight]], [[wear]] [[away]].

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to make to [[bend]], [[slope]], or slant, Lat. inclinare, κλίνειν τάλαντα to [[incline]] or [[turn]] the [[scale]], Il.; Τρῶας ἔκλιναν made them [[give]] way, Il.; ἔκλινε μάχην turned the [[tide]] of war, Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to make one [[thing]] [[lean]] [[against]] [[another]], i. e. σάκε' ὤμοισι κλίναντες, i. e. [[raising]] [[their]] shields so that the [[upper]] rim rested on [[their]] shoulders, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[turn]] aside, [[ὄσσε]] [[πάλιν]] κλίνασα having turned [[back]] her eyes, Il.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to make to [[recline]], ἐν κλίνηι κλ. τινά to make him lie down at [[table]], Hdt.:—metaph., [[ἡμέρα]] κλίνει ἅπαντα puts to [[rest]], lays low all things, Soph.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Pass. to be [[bent]], [[bend]], ἐκλίνθη he [[bent]] aside, swerved, Il.; of a pan, ἂψ ἑτέρωσ' ἐκλίθη it was tipped [[over]] to the [[other]] [[side]], Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[lean]] or [[stay]] [[oneself]] [[upon]] or [[against]] a [[thing]], c. dat., Hom.; so in Mid., κλινάμενος Od.:—also, κεκλιμένος ἐπάλξεσιν [[seeking]] [[safety]] in them, Il.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to lie down, lie, Hom., etc.; to lie on a [[couch]] at meals, Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of [[place]]s (in perf.), to lie [[sloping]] [[towards]] the sea, ἁλὶ κεκλιμένη Od.; νῆσοι, αἵθ' ἁλὶ [[κεκλίαται]] (epic for κέκλινται), Od.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to [[wander]] from the [[right]] [[course]], Theogn.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Mid. to [[decline]], of the day, Hdt.; so, intr. in Act., ἡ [[ἡμέρα]] ἤρξατο κλίνειν NTest.:—metaph., κλ. ἐπὶ τὸ [[χεῖρον]] to [[fall]] off, [[degenerate]], Xen.