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ἐπικλίνωepiklinō
to incline
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1. to put a door to : Pass., perfect participle ἐπικεκλῖμέναι σανίδες closed doors, (Iliad by Homer)
2. to bend towards , τὰ ὦτα ἐπ. to prick the ears, (Xenophon Historicus):—; Pass., κεραῖαι ἐπικεκλιμέναι spars inclined at an angle to the wall, (Thucydides)
3. intransitive to incline towards , πρός τι (Demosthenes Orator)
4. Pass. to lie over against a place, with dative, (Euripides)
5. in Pass., also, to lie down at table , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
2. to bend towards , τὰ ὦτα ἐπ. to prick the ears, (Xenophon Historicus):—; Pass., κεραῖαι ἐπικεκλιμέναι spars inclined at an angle to the wall, (Thucydides)
3. intransitive to incline towards , πρός τι (Demosthenes Orator)
4. Pass. to lie over against a place, with dative, (Euripides)
5. in Pass., also, to lie down at table , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
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ἐπικλίνω,
A put to, shut a door: hence, in Pass., once in Hom., ἐπικεκλιμέναι σανίδες closed doors, Il. 12.121.
II. bend towards, τὰ ὦτα ἐ. prick the ears, X. Cyn. 6.15; ἐ. αὑτὸν πρός τι lean against.., Paus. 9.30.10; ξίφει ἑαυτήν Philostr. Her. 19.11; ἐ. τὸ στόμα pull it open, Arist. PA 660b22:— Pass., κεραῖαι ἐπικεκλιμέναι spars leaning on the wall and inclined at an angle to it, Th. 2.76.
2. cause to incline, πρὸς ταῦτα τὰ πράγματα D. 3.8.
3. intr., lean upon, τοῖν χεροῖν Pl. Amat. 132b; incline towards, ἐπί τι Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.175; πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον Dam. Pr. 400.
4. = ἐπικατακλίνω, J. AJ 1.10.4.
III. in Pass., lie over against or near, Σαλαμῖνος τᾶς ἐπικεκλιμένας ὄχθοις ἱεροῖς (sc.of Attica), E. Tr. 801 (lyr.), cf. A.R. 2.418.
IV. Pass., also, recline upon, τύλῃ AP 11.14 ( Ammian. ).
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