The corpus record — Latin

acclinis

acclinis · adj

leaning on

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Where it lives

Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

acclīnis — Lewis & Short

acclīnis, e, adj. (also adc-) [ad-CLINO],

I leaning on or against something, inclined to or toward (poet. and in post-Aug. prose); constr. with dat.

I Lit.: corpusque levabat arboris adclinis trunco, Verg. A. 10, 834; so Ov. M. 15, 737; Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 36 al.—In prose, Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39; Just. 28, 4: crates inter se acclines, Col. 12, 15, 1.—

B Esp. of localities, Amm. 14, 8; 29, 5.—

II Trop., inclined to, disposed to (= inclinatus, propensus): acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat, Hor. S. 2, 2, 6.

In the wild

acclinis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.8.9
acclinis Statius, Thebais 5.344
acclini Ovid, Fasti 5.154
acclinia Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.737

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. acclinis (scan p. 151; entry #2266).

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