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παρακλίνω

paraklino

bend, turn aside

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παρα-κλίνω · para-klinō — LSJ

bend, turn aside, set, ajar, open a bit

bend, turn aside, ἦκα παρακλίνας κεφαλήν Od. 20.301 ; π. τοὺς μυκτῆρας πρὸς τὰς λαύρας Ar. Pax 157 ; π. τὴν πύλην set it ajar, Hdt. 3.156 ; π. τῆς αὐλείας open a bit of the hall-door, Ar. Pax 981.

2 turn, from her path, alter

metaph., ἄλλῃ παρκλίνωσι δίκας turn justice from her path, Hes. Op. 262 ; π. τὸν νόμον Arist. Rh.Al. 1444b16 ; of words, σμικρόν τι π. alter slightly, Pl. Cra. 410a, cf. 400c.

3 lay beside, lie alongside, lie down beside, lie side by side

lay beside, τὰς λαγόνας γυναιξί dub. in LXX Si. 47.19 (v. παρανακλίνω), cf. Ruf. Ren.Ves. 1.13 :—Med. and Pass., lie alongside, Hp. Art. 54 ; lie down beside, τινι Theoc. 2.44, AP 5.293 (Agath.); lie side by side, Arist. HA 540a1 ; of adjacent lands, Πελοπηῒς ὅση παρακέκλιται Ἰσθμῷ Call. Del. 72.

4 turn aside

Med., turn aside, Ant.Lib. 17.6.

II turn aside, having swerved

intr., turn aside, Il. 23.424 (where however ἵππους may be supplied) ; παρακλίνασα having swerved from her first seeming, A. Ag. 744 (lyr.).

III turn aside from, avoid

turn aside from, avoid, τὴν ἁφὴν τὴν ἀλλήλων Arist. GA 745a26.

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