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ὑποκλίνω

upoklino

bend under

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What it meant

ὑποκλίνω · hypoklinō — LSJ

bend under, in subjection to, recline, lie down under, has grown flaccid, bent

bend under or in subjection to, γόνυ τινί Nonn. D. 15.124: but usu. in Pass., recline or lie down under, c. dat., σχοίνῳ ὑπεκλίνθη Od. 5.463, cf. AP 9.71 (Antiphil.), etc.; Βάκχῳ νύμφη ὑποκλινθεῖσα, = ὑποδμηθεῖσα, Orph. A. 195; μαζὸς ὑπεκλίνθη has grown flaccid, AP 5.272 (Agath.); ὑποκεκλιμένων τῶν σκελῶν with the legs bent, Aët. 16.111.

2 give way to

give way to, ὅταν τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν -κλίνηται τῷ θυμικῷ Herm. in Phdr. p.157 A.: so intr. in Act., εἰ . . ὑποκλίνοιτε φάλαγγι Orph. A. 848.

3 turn aside

turn aside, Phlp. in Mete. 85.39.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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