ἀποκλίνω

apoklino

turn off

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 5
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26

1109b24
Book IV 3
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1121b10

Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10

1125b28

Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32

1127b8
Book X 1
Chapter 1 1172a19–1172b8

1172b2
Politics 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29

1293b35
Book V 1
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25

1307a15
Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10

1333b9
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 4 784a23–785a6

784a32
History of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

530a20
Progression of Animals 1
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Chapter 7 707a16–708a8

707b20
Parts of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 639a1–642b4

642a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκλίνω [ῑ], fut. -ῐνῶ:— Pass., aor. -εκλίθην, poet. -εκλίνθην Theoc. 3.37:—Α. turn off or aside, ὄνειρον Od. 19.556; αὐγήν Sor. 1.100; turn back, h.Ven. 168: metaph., τὴν διάνοιαν Simp. in Ph. 1164.39:—Pass. (cf. III.1), slope away, of countries, τὰ πρὸς τὴν Γελῴαν ἀποκεκλιμένα D.S. 13.89; of the day, decline towards evening, ἀποκλινομένης τῆς μεσαμβρίης, τῆς ἡμέρης, Hdt. 3.104, 114, 4.181. II. Pass., to be upset, D. 55.24, Plu. Galb. 27. III. more freq. intr. in Act., 1. of countries, slope, ὡς πρὸς τὰς ἄρκτους Plb. 3.47.2. 2. turn aside or off the road, X. An. 2.216, Theoc. 7.130: hence, τὸ πρὸς τὴν ἠῶ ἀποκλίνοντι as one turns to go eastward, Hdt. 4.22. 3. slip off, στέφανον -κλίνοντα τῆς κεφαλῆς Philostr. Im. 1.14. 4. with a bad sense, fall away, decline, S. OT 1192 (lyr.); ἐπὶ τὸ ῥαθυμεῖν D. 1.13; πρὸς θηριώδη φύσιν Pl. Plt. 309e: generally, tend, incline, πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Arist. EN 1121b10, cf. Pl. R. 547e; ἀ. ὡς πρὸς τὴν δημοκρατίαν, πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγαρχίαν, Arist. Pol. 1293b35, 1307a15; ἀ. ἐίς τινα τέχνην Pl. Lg. 847a; πρὸς τὸ κόσμιον ib.802e; to be favourably disposed, πρός τινα D. 23.105. 5. Astrol., of planets, enter the ἀπόκλιμα (q.v.), opp. ἐπίκεντρος εἶναι, Plot. 2.3.1, cf. 3, Ptol. Tetr. 115.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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