ἔγ-κλῐσις (egklisis)

Where it lives

Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἔγ-κλῐσις · eg-klisis — LSJ

inclination

inclination, ἔ. λαβεῖν, of the earth, D.L. 2.9, cf. Pl. Amat. 132b; of the ecliptic (ὁ λοξὸς κύκλος), Arist. GC 336b4; of ground, ἔ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἕω Id. Pol. 1330a39; εἰς νότον Porph. Antr. 26; ἐγκλίσεις τῆς κεφαλῆς εἰς τὰ δεξιά Arist. Phgn. 808a13; ἐ. σχημάτων τριγώνων Onos. 10.28 (pl.); ἐ. δορατίου, in signalling, Id. 26.1.

2 the inclination, slope

the inclination or slope, as of a wave, κατὰ τὴν ἔ. σκιασθῆναι Arist. Col. 792a22.

3 displacement

Medic., displacement, Hp. Fract. 39 (pl.): generally, ὄγκων cj. in Epicur. Ep. 1p.14U.

4 modulation

modulation of a singerʼs voice, D.Chr. 32.49.

5 failure, defeat

failure, defeat, PMag.Par. 1.2445.

II

in Gramm.,

1 mood of a verb

mood of a verb, D.H. Comp. 6, D.T. 638.7, A.D. Synt. 248.14, etc.

2 throwing back, change of acute to grave accent

throwing back of the accent, Id. Pron. 8.7, al.; change of acute to grave accent, Id. Adv. 169.23.

3 inflexion, derivative forms

inflexion, Simp. in Cat. 65.8, Dexipp. in Cat. 33.8: generally, of derivative forms, Simp. in Cat. 37.11.

In the wild

ἐγκλίσεσι · enklisesi Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 100)
ἔγκλισιν · enklisin Aristotle, Politics 1330a (DIORISIS sentence 2732)
ἔγκλισιν · enklisin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1108)
ἐγκλίσεις · enkliseis Plato, Lovers 132

Where it came from

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