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ἀνακλίνω

ἀνακλίνω, to lean

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ἀνέκλινεν aorist passive indicative 3rd plural, aorist active indicative 3rd singular, imperfect active indicative 3rd singular of ἀνακλίνω

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ἀνα-κλίνω, poet. ἀγκλ-, (v. κλίνω)
  • 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; ἀ. ἑαυτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐναντίον, 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.
      • 2 Pass., of ground, lie sloping upwards, Gp. 2.3.1.
    • II push or put back, and so, open, θύρην ἀγκλίνας Od. 22.156; so of the door of Olympus, ἠμὲν ἀνακλῖναι πυκινὸν νέφος ἠδʼ ἐπιθεῖναι Il. 5.751, cf. Call. Ap. 6; τὴν θύρην τὴν καταπηκτὴν ἀ., i. e. the trap-door, Hdt. 5.16.
    • III throw the head back, and so, lift up, τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐγήν Pl. R. 540a.
    • IV overthrow, of earthquake, compared to battering-ram, Paus. 7.24.10.

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