ἐγκλίνω (egklino)

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What it meant

ἐγκλίνω · enklinō — LSJ

bend in, inwards, bend

bend in or inwards, τὴν κνήμην Arist. Mech. 857b36; bend, τινά A.R. 1.62 (v.l. ἀγκλῖναι):—Pass., σκέλη ἐγκεκλιμένα μικρόν X. Cyn. 5.30; τὰ ἐγκλιθέντα v.l. for ἐκκλ- in Hp. Art. 38.

2 cause to incline, lean

cause to incline, τι εἰς δεξιά Pl. R. 436e; τὰ πράγματά τισι Arist. Oec. 1348b3:—Med., ἐ. εἰς τὰ δεξιά lean to the right, Id. Phgn. 813a17.

3 lean on, lies upon

Pass., lean on, X. Smp. 3.13: metaph., πόνος ὔμμι ἐγκέκλιται labour lies upon you, Il. 6.78.

4 turn, towards

ἐ. νῶτόν τινι turn oneʼs back towards another, E. Hec. 739.

5 give way

Pass., give way, ὑπείκει καὶ θέλων ἐγκλίνεται Id. Fr. 431.5.

6 pronounce as an enclitic, pronounce with the grave accent

Gramm., pronounce as an enclitic, A.D. Synt. 120.10; pronounce with the grave accent, Trypho ap.eund.Conj. 255.16:—Pass., A.D. Pron. 35.26.

b inflected forms

ἐγκλινόμενα, τά, inflected forms, opp. ὀρθά, D.H. Comp. 5, cf. A.D. Synt. 30.11 (s.v.l.).

7 lower

ἐ. φωνήν lower the voice, Luc. Philops. 6.

II incline towards

intr., incline towards, [ἡ καρδία] μικρὸν ἐ. εἰς τὸν ἀριστερὸν μαστόν Arist. HA 496a16, cf. PPetr. 2p.126 (iii B. C.); [ἡ πολιτεία] ἐγκλίνειν βούλεται πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν Arist. Pol. 1266a7, cf. 1307a21.

2 give way, flee, give way, give way to

abs., give way, flee, X. HG 7.2.14, Cyr. 3.3.65, Plb. 1.57.8, Plu. Fab. 12, etc.; also ἐ. τινί give way to him, D.H. 5.54: c. acc., give way to, Plb. 14.8.8.

3 decline, become worse

decline, become worse, Plu. Sull. 1, etc.

4 wheel

in Tactics, wheel, ἐπὶ δόρυ ἢ ἐπὶ ἀσπίδα Arr. Tact. 21.3.

In the wild

ἐγκλῖναι · enklinai Aristotle, Economics 1348a (DIORISIS sentence 192)
ἐγκλῖναι · enklinai Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 78)
ἐγκλίνειν · enklinein Aristotle, Politics 1266a (DIORISIS sentence 518)
ἐγκλίνῃ · enklinēi Aristotle, Politics 1307a (DIORISIS sentence 1983)
ἐγκλίνασα · enklinasa Euripides, Hecuba (DIORISIS sentence 379)
ἐγκέκλιται · enkeklitai Iliad 6.78

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Where it came from

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